Things of Life

     The woman really wanted to see me. And it worked out, although I did not think it possible at first as my time was limited and the little that I had was set for something else. But that something else was not happening, so I embraced flexibility and switched. Lately, I am loving the natural alignments of events, and I allow myself to drift along with minimal effort, rather than struggling to achieve harder things that may come out disproportionately insignificant... Maybe there are forces with better perspectives than me, so I let them in charge... sometimes...      She did not say big words, but I could feel her emotion and need to talk. Somehow, her feelings took the shape of cream and light pink roses that she brought to me in that day.  So why was I so important for this woman in her mid 60s...?       I was a figure in, perhaps, the most important chapter in her life, and reminded her of the love of her life-- a man from a ...

     În ani de neglijenta si lipsa de iubire, peste curte se așezase o pătură dezlânata, ca o decorație proasta de Halloween. In niciun caz un material gen imitație de la magazinul cu decorații pentru orice sezon, ci ceva înspăimântător de autentic-- o moarte deghizata in straturi-straturi uscate de iarba si buruieni tăiate vijelios, nepăsător...       Odată ce am început sa îngenunchez pe pământ si sa ridic zgura, unicornii-- eliberați de intuneric-- au început sa iasă si sa zboare. Asemenea celor de pe pijamaua cu unicorni ce mi-am adus-o special, ca am intuit eu cum sa mă înarmez in așa locuri sărăcite de viața... Ca daca as fi dormit in grădina cu unicorni, visele ar fi devenit realitate.      Apoi pluteau... unicorni in gradina încă sălbatică... Udați de ploaia de vara, se furișau printre perdelele croșetate de la geamuri, in camerele cu scârțâit de scânduri, si ușor-ușor in mintea mea...