real
October 27, 2005it's crazy. everything has seemed so real. i've felt the weight of the rain beat down on me - one drop at a time, and the temperature of the sun upon my skin - each ray individually. the nights are darker and the days are brighter, even when it's cloudy. the sadness of a recent tragedy has, to my friends and myself, been emotionally crippling. these feelings come and go, heavy at times with tears and shudders, and then numbness. and yet with it all, a feeling of immense warmth on such a frigid day, a blanket enveloping us with love of friendship. seeing it from a distance as a relative outsider and yet also feeling it from within, having adopted this family, is unlike anything else i've ever experienced. everything has seemed so real because everything is so real. and despite the reason, i'm lucky to feel it. i am grateful to feel it with the people whom i care for - who care so immensely for one another. never should it not feel real again. never should i forget the weight of the rain and temperature of the sun. never will i forget these days now and the days to come, nor anyone.
posted by H. Hopkins @ 9:29 AM
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