feeling cryptic today.

red sunshine evening sultry night, warm and soft (not entirely unlike a lover, should we choose to use that metaphor)...soothes the mind and heart of the savage beast. or perhaps simply renders her so soporific as to not mind the ways of the universe terribly much for a time.

waking up damp even with the ac on, knowing exactly who was dreamt of and wondering why and how and if.

feeling good about the company kept so many hours ago, the laughs and the raised eyebrows and the small smile at the expressed wish of protection, even when we all knew that the code red was going to happen eventually if these circles were to be traveled. and with aplomb. the moral high ground is not in question..someone else's patio feeling like where i belong, if only for a few hours.

forgetting the harshness of reality.

letting the rest of the world slip away.

sashaying home with a sway in my step and a sheen on my brow and the knowledge that all i have to do is make it through tomorrow, all i have to do is pick up the phone, and the world is suddenly full of possibility.