The idle finger trailing in the dust of a sun-touched blind, glowing white or pink orange thrumming, a pulsing gash of brightness in the shadows, reminds me of inspiration. It is an epiphany of hope.
Who's outside? Why hide behind the drawn shades? Why sit back and long for change?
You could cry. The sweet hum of the golden afternoon, the smell of air and road and dust and leaves and exhaust and peace, is completely absent in your air-conditioned prison. Still, you know that these walls are barriers of thought; they would be so easily broken. Just a step, an action, a movement, a decision: you'd be free. All the chaos you shun is, in truth, simplicity, while the bare dark room you've locked yourself into becomes a mirror for the turbulence in your mind. --No, a kaleidoscope, magnifying, warping, laughing false jewels.
Open the window. Breathe in the air, breathe in the movement of myriad others; forget about yourself, forget about the darkness.
Don't open the window. Don't move until the sun has set. Then lay yourself down, lay yourself into the cloying dank pool of knowledge that tomorrow will be just the same.
Who's outside? Why hide behind the drawn shades? Why sit back and long for change?
You could cry. The sweet hum of the golden afternoon, the smell of air and road and dust and leaves and exhaust and peace, is completely absent in your air-conditioned prison. Still, you know that these walls are barriers of thought; they would be so easily broken. Just a step, an action, a movement, a decision: you'd be free. All the chaos you shun is, in truth, simplicity, while the bare dark room you've locked yourself into becomes a mirror for the turbulence in your mind. --No, a kaleidoscope, magnifying, warping, laughing false jewels.
Open the window. Breathe in the air, breathe in the movement of myriad others; forget about yourself, forget about the darkness.
Don't open the window. Don't move until the sun has set. Then lay yourself down, lay yourself into the cloying dank pool of knowledge that tomorrow will be just the same.
