Paratactical Measures

It was an extraordinary day, and then it became night.

Faster than anyone here could have imagined, and yet we weren't moving- The pictures were. Or was it the obituary section growing legs, dancing circles around our heads.
A waltz.. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, and so on, the bars' sum as immeasurable as it is irrelevant. The crumpling of paper the only soundtrack.

So i packed my bags and left home. I headed in one direction for hours, alone in my thoughts, alone in my surroundings til it dawned on me.. everywhere is home, and I'm never alone. I felt selfish for attempting to lay claim to this vast expanse that was before me. Had i become so disconnected? I smiled at her as she walked past me, and she smiled back. Her eyes were beautiful. (connected, sad)

During the journey I thought about you... How long its been since I last saw you, and the circumstances under which we parted. I thought of the monster i must be in your eyes, pretty as you thought i was. Things left best unspoken, for your sake and mine alike. Two people whose paths intersected for a blink of the world's eye. You know who you are, I love you.

Never one to get caught up in the illusion that is The Westerners' Concept of "Love," she was lonely in her serenity. Tired of those around her slowing down their pace, in pursuit of.... she couldn't even comprehend. Relaxation, submission, failed ambition. These are things to run away from, she thought aloud as she walked on a wire between two skyscrapers. Her composure unmatched, her focus laser-fine. She looked at the clouds beneath her. Herds of them and no shepherd. Lazily floating, as though they were on a parade no one cared to see. She pitied them and their lack of direction.

"This one, not that one," said a cloud to another.
"You're wrong!" Cried the other. "It can only be one of these: This, that or which"
"Right!" chimed in another.
"Can we at least agree that this is that one, which belongs with those?"
"Sure," said the other cloud, comfortable in this common ground.

~And They All Lived Happily Ever After~


.....meanwhile, in la la land.......