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peace
July 11, 2006
back in march, a couple of weeks before my last day at work, i took a day off to look for what i might do next. after a morning of diligent searching on the web, brainstorming, and making lists, there was really not much left to do in the afternoon.
i gave amber a ride home from the coffeeshop, and she invited me to hang out with her on the porch. it was difficult, letting go of the feeling that i had to change everything in my life right then, that day.
we went to the little corner store, she bought a bottle of wine, i bought a single, large bottle of beer. i asked for a brown paper bag, because it amused me.
we sat on the porch. she brought out a little jam box, and played bob dylan. i had never really sat quietly and listened to dylan.
she reclined on a couch out on the porch, i laid down on the cool surface of the porch itself. after some shifting, i let my head hang back slightly off the first step, and i saw the sky and everything around me.
hours passed. i drifted off to sleep a couple of times, for brief moments.
snapshots of sky and power lines and backlit leaves and wrought iron bolts, and something that i knew my new life needed to have...
Posted by Rob at July 11, 2006 11:06 PM