" in the absence of you "

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there is something to be said about the nature and necessity of touch. a single touch can bring to a person, that sense of comfort which the whole soul needs. it's as if the universe is contained in the hands, and the galaxies in the fingertips. when you extend yourself to someone, you release reality through your body and soothe pains.

there is something to be said about distances. whether physical or mental, the spaces we create or experience should be thought of nothing but mere blinks of the eyes. true, some blinks seem to last for longer periods of time; the darkness at times seemingly consuming and overwhelming, but there is that period of light to come. a period of bliss, constant and in such ethereal angelic hues it washes over your entire being in a way that makes you able to disregard these distances.

there is something to be said about love, and poetry, and the nature of longing. those private places and occurences in your life that bring about a deeper meaning and sense of furfillment. these are those red moments which engulf the Self and redefine existance.

choose what you do, then, very wisely. you never know where you'll be next when you stop to re-think your specific shade of reality.

yesterday i was standing in the studio of a photographer, observing and trying to figure out his setups, when i took a moment beside myself. "i am so in Thailand right now," i thought to myself.

you begin to redefine yourself in the simplicity of those realizations, and begin to look forward for more quiet revelatory moments like those ones.

tonight your homework is to hold someone you love and describe to them why they're important in your life, because i almost feel like i cannot do this due to where i am and certain distances. remember, the universe is contained in your hands, and the galaxies in your fingertips.

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