with my friend, sin

Today I chanced upon a tree, a flame of the forest, and it was magical entering the little clearing it enclosed; it was like a little world the tree had made. I felt that I had entered a different realm when I crept past the outstretched branches and came to stand beneath its shade, its canopy. In its heart.

What a delight, to come into something I had pictured about before only in my head. And there was a breeze drifting… And there was the open water, open sky.

At times, we grow so happy till the heart feels like it really could burst. And I wish I had the power to collect every blissful droplet that spilled over so I could pour them back and none would be wasted. Then again, how delightful it would be if they all seeped into the earth and watered the scene that has moved me so.

It has moved me so.

(May 26th, 2004)