Rahul (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rahulms) wrote,@ 2007-07-31 19:38:00 |
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Vignette #4
"There is no definitive point when all_I_can_be becomes all_I_could_have_been. Its gradual. Meanwhile I could feel it happen"
We sat around the fire under the desert sky bathed in the light from the full moon. He had long straight hair from the love era which stayed, a face too wrinkled for his age and pink glasses that reminded me of the pictures of janis joplin ive seen.The music was playing loud in the background. But the desert felt peaceful and silent.
He lit himself another.
"But all that Ive tried to be in my possible pasts defines the person I am now. So the question becomes, what all did I aspire to?..... not what I made of myself finally."
We stared silently at the people dancing in front of us.
He looked sure of everything.. the glowing butt in his hand, the music, himself..
"There is no definitive point when all_I_can_be becomes all_I_could_have_been. Its gradual. Meanwhile I could feel it happen"
We sat around the fire under the desert sky bathed in the light from the full moon. He had long straight hair from the love era which stayed, a face too wrinkled for his age and pink glasses that reminded me of the pictures of janis joplin ive seen.The music was playing loud in the background. But the desert felt peaceful and silent.
He lit himself another.
"But all that Ive tried to be in my possible pasts defines the person I am now. So the question becomes, what all did I aspire to?..... not what I made of myself finally."
We stared silently at the people dancing in front of us.
He looked sure of everything.. the glowing butt in his hand, the music, himself..
