Some philosopher or acting coach or other guru once said that “Life can only be understood 25 years in hindsight.”
I don’t know if it really takes 25 years of reflection to understand the events of your life. Maybe it takes years or perhaps just months. Significant things may takes years. I like to think that the sort of short term relationship that I just went through should only take months before I can properly analyze it. So here goes…
Hmmm…, I really fell for that silly girl in the field of animal maintenance out on the West Coast of America.
She was darn easy to fall for with her bright mind, skinny legs and active imagination.
Was she too smart for me?
Without doubt. They all are.
Did I let my heart get ahead of my head.
Without doubt. I always do.
C’mon pal, the relationship was really nothing more than many e.mails and phone calls. Still, I really fell for the way that she read everything I had ever written and seemed to love it all.
Then I wrote something that she didn’t like at all. And the funny thing is that I thought it was nothing more than complimentary. Extremely complimentary.
Well, you live by the pen. You will also die by the pen, I suppose.
As I look back on it all. I didn’t exactly think that it was going to last forever.
We met in June and with friends, I gave it and “Over/Under” of Oct 1. I was betting “Under”.
So, we really didn’t make it until July. Such is the nature of phone calls and e.mail and “love”.
She said in a final e.mail that she had “met someone”. I don’t know if it’s true. She certainly could with those skinny legs and sharp mind. If so, I hope the brother likes bumpy roads. And I suggest that he not write.
