I am a part of all of them even the ones I hate. Maybe especially the ones I hate.
They are transferred paint after the fender ****** at the unfortunate intersection of fate and bad timing.
Not enough damage to make a difference. Not even enough impression that you care to be bothered changing your schedule to repair it.
But every time you leave the house, and on every lap around the chariot, you see a trespassing color screaming of either their bad decision.........or yours.
Sometimes it seems there are more accidents than pleasant Sunday drives. I suppose most encounters must be accidents until we find the uncluttered road to our destiny.
L.E. was life shift and napkins. I didn't even know I needed napkins when I had paper towels in the house. I Jones for napkins these days.
D.B. was college and fashion. Shiny shoes moved her to the soul of my feet. Now Kiwi polish smells like foreplay to me.
N.R. was forbidden and my piano teacher. I hated practice, she loved to kiss The oral exam was one of my best finals. I like tests more than most people today.
J.T. was a cougar and Tchaikovsky connoisseur. Maturity was uncovered, along with adult lessons about carpet knap and fireplaces. I am Pavlov's dog in the strings of Symphony #6.
L.J. was adventure and abandon. She is a grassy carpet over a live train tunnel in a memory I should regret, but don't. She is the crossbeam in my permanent smile.
I am an estrogen inspired creation finding purpose in soft fleshy motivation. I am who I am because of their compunctions and compulsions. They scraped off on me in the kamikaze journey to fight loneliness. But in the dive I learned - grace is humbling when you don't deserve it, toilet paper has a perfect delivery direction, I get the right side of the bed, you shouldn't say anything you don't want to hear again, it's my job to take out the trash, shutting your mouth sooner than you think is almost always the better choice, you can never have enough closet space, and some experiences are so good that you should never try to repeat them again.
She may be gone forever. And we may not be able to have a decent conversation for the rest of our lives. But God knows I'll always have napkins.