The Idea-smithy

How do you tell someone
that you don’t care for them anymore?
I guess you don’t.

Tell me what it’s like.
she says.
Does it get better with time?
I pause and wonder what to say.
Can I give her an honest answer?
That it won’t..in some ways.
That heartbreak hurts as much at 30 as it does at 20.
That you never quite get used to the pain of letting go, no matter how often you’ve done [...]

Ah, the flush of new love!
And I was lost for words
In your arms
Attempting to make sense
Of my aching heart
If I could just be
Everything and everyone to you
This life would just be so easy
Not enough time for all
That I want for you
– INXS ‘Not enough time’

I remember it from a long time ago, a lifetime [...]

I was burrowing through my closet the other day. Buried beneath the long-forgotten scarves and shawls and tee-shirts, I found an album.
Just before he left for his first trip back home to Delhi, he asked me,
What shall I get you from there?
And I said.
Yourself. Lots of yourself.
‘Lots’??
Yes. You with your family. Your school. College. Friends. Festive [...]

I was surprised that you didn’t care so I went away
And now I’m stunned to discover how much you actually do.
Why does my absence make you feel so much more than my presence does?

I like to make a grand entry and a quiet exit.
At events, in situations and other people’s lives.
There’s nothing quite like making a splash since most people believe in first impressions.
On the other hand, goodbyes for me, need to be quiet,
Like they almost never happened..so perhaps it will be the same again if we meet
It [...]

Todd Faber, in SANDMAN: “Fear of Falling”

Sometimes you wake up.
Sometimes the fall kills you.
And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

(Image courtesy Osho-Zen Tarot)
I’ll take my chances.