Today at the traffic lights I watched a madman talking to himself, beating his fist against his forehead and staring with fury into a tree. I wondered what he saw there that I could not. When I came home I couldn’t help thinking of it; how I drove off lost in my angry thoughts, leaving him there with his angry visions, and both of us missing the sky.
7 Comments
September 9, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Speaking from experience, sometimes, it’s better to not know.
September 12, 2008 at 10:17 am
Atleast he had a genuine reason but you?
September 15, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Life is cruel and there is no one on whom we can lay the blame. Anger is a natural reaction.
September 17, 2008 at 9:04 am
That tree had it coming.
September 17, 2008 at 4:43 pm
But at the end of the day, you saw the sky. We can’t choose what emotions land between our ears. Like birds lighting on a tree limb, they come and go.
What I can do is choose what builds a nest there, and what doesn’t. You chose wisely. – Tim
September 24, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I hope that you weren’t looking in the rear view mirror, mate !
September 25, 2008 at 11:36 am
that’s a beautiful sky