When I was a young kid, my mom was driving me to Austin. I felt
like the luckiest kid on earth! Good food, happy times, and many good laughs. It
got to be midnight by the time we left the great city. Looking out the window,
watching the moving scenery, something struck me. A thought moved through my
mind and got me to think what some would consider a required thought at my age:
The Future.
This thought though, was not what people wanted me to think…I’m
rambling aren’t I? This is why it is hard for me to sell an idea. Anyway, I saw
a skyscraper, which blew my mind. I’ve seen them before, but this was massive! Lights
and all, it was a sight to see, lighting all of the city of Austin it seemed. But
right next to it, was a giant crane, preparing the world for yet another
skyscraper. I glanced down before the impending crossing of the bridge blocked
my view, and saw the bulldozers that were meant to tear the whole ground apart.
Digging as far into the earth as possible to support this beast of industry. I asked
myself as I sipped my Dr. Pepper: “How much can the earth take?” and “what
effect will this new birth of stone and glass have on the weight of the world?
Now I know, there is gravity, and I understand the physics
and mechanics of the world, but I just wondered how much can we build and
destroy, and what effect will it have on our natural foundation? These questions
popped in my head again recently. How much can you take? When you love someone
and care about them deeply, how much can you take? I’ve got two friends who I
love with all my heart, and would die for, but they are going through hell
right now. One I have known most of my life, and one I feel like I have known
an equal length of time. Right now, both of them are becoming annoyed and
frustrated with everyone. It hurts me when they don’t want to talk and don’t care.
It hurts, and no matter how bad it feels, I can’t and wont walk away, because I
love them both so deeply. One of them I feel I that I had complicated and hurt
our friendship with the thought of love. For that, I apologize from here to the
ends of the earth, and I hope things can be the way they were. However, I am
not sorry for feeling how I feel. I am her friend first, and till the end.
I asked the questions about how much the earth can take? Well,
it must be able to take as much as I or anyone else. It went through the wind,
the rain, the snow, and all the hell Texas weather has to offer, and the tall
mountains of man-made steel monsters are still kicking. No matter how much we
have dug into the earth, and tore it all to pieces, the earth is still here. It
is still offering its bounty to us. So I guess in a nutshell, I am still here
for you, for both of you. Love will always be here for both of you, no matter what hell comes through the gates, I will
still be here for you.
I guess cause I am cool like that :-P
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