Sunday, August 10, 2008

In The Arms of Your Significant Being: The Backdrop of My Life

This is a work in progress. Something happened today which made me write. I'm in the Bay Area today having spent the weekend with my Mom. The Olympic weekend. Fascinating in all aspects of seeing a country poise itself once again. But what drew me towards a days' ending is the conflict in Georgia. I'm appalled and thrown into a flurry of tired spiral which makes me wonder--how can we walk in the avenues of lovers being in hand in hand, families reconciling, those struggling reaching and being held in place by those whom love them? This apparently is the background of my life.

I was rather willing to write a rather lofty piece today for you, my gentle reader. But I thought that writing what I felt today was of better significance. It's been a month of odd contrasts--The Olympics, the anniversary of the atomic bombings in Nagasaki and Hiroshima and of course the inpending doom of Georgia--all in the backdrop of the Olmpics.

I'm looking at my notes right now and I'm thinking what made me decide to write today was of one of general happiness. And truly this was a wonderful day. The summer wind blowing through. Warm and gentle...it's the kind of day where the world acknowledges you as being part of life and softly hands you off to your day. So this is also the day where I have a Martini and Oysters on a Half Shell. It's been the first time I've had a dozen Oysters since the time I had 'em at the Oyster Bar at Grand Central. Well I'm digressing here. And there's a few more things I want to add/edit to this post. But something compelled me to write tonight. And you know why?

Gentle reader--you're my world and I love you very, very much.

I wish the day when we're together.

P.