I hold entirely too dear the imagined disconnect between my
keenings and a potential listener. I suppose that is why simple listening is
powerful: it surprises, everytime.
I muse sometimes, that my self-centered language is more
elaborate and affected than my otherwise-centered language. Am I trying to impress myself and others with my
capacity for deep thought? I thoroughly despise language too figurative to be
grasped in one reading. I suppose I am capable, or contain the capacity, at
least, for decoding others’ frufru language, but when it comes to my own
feelings, I can’t record anything simply. I am reminded of a famous quote
(google for citation/author/correct quotation thankyouverymuch): “Forgive me
for the long letter; I had no time for a short one.”
Perhaps that is it. Feelings must be found, excavated,
decoded, categorized and filed, so skimping on demystifying and translating is
a small relief. After all, who can
blame me for self-indulgence in a journal that happens to be available online,
should someone choose to visit it.
I miss Omar. But I fear I miss our potential together. It
might, of course, still exist, should one of us choose to move near the other.
But I have thus far consciously rejected as much as possible the idea of loving
missing him for who he is because I worry I haven’t known him long enough.
I wasn’t able to show my whole self that fast. It must be that I know I haven’t
shown all of myself, so I suspect he has far far more in him, so the
uncertainty of missing him feels unsafe—what if I miss someone I’ve completed
in my head to be someone else? And all that worry is only possible because
while he was here, I found a fast friend in him. He just left before I had time
to find anything else.
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