2011
Where the wild things are
Sent in by: Sparrow
Age: 29
Location: America
Conflict is my backdrop for life right now. I see Libya. I see Syria. I see Egypt, Afghanistan and Iraq. I see America and then I see my life. I see how these conflicts are detached from my everyday existence and, at the same time how they can never be separated from the conflict that happens right in the center of it all. My heart. Today I was driving home and a sense of loneliness entered my soul. A bottomless feeling that should be reserved for more monumental occasions than the daily trek from work to home. Yet there it was like a pothole missed by obliviousness. Loneliness that is caused by internal void rather than external attempts. I have an amazing partner that loves me and I her. A partner that supports me through these types of moments without backlash, opposition or strife. The loneliness is from within and for that she is not the cure. She is in turn my medicine and my therapy. My life and all the emotions that come with it can disenchant one from wanting to love. When you have trouble showing love to another person they began to question their place in your life, and you cannot blame them. then you start to think isn’t that what love is?
