Hunting for human connection
Jan. 13th, 2010 10:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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microhylidae's primary girlfriend) and Neil and I all walked to the diner together after the contradance was over. I paused briefly, and looming above us were the pale branches of a tree, almost white against the navy-deep sky. And it was beautiful. Cayenne stopped and smiled with me, while everyone else walked on. I knew that she saw the same thing, just for that one minute -- the splay of the slender, strong branches, the sense of grace in the world. That was worth it.
I have decided that that is all I want in a friend -- that moment of seeing the same thing and loving the world. Enough with the questions, the chatter, all of us trying to prove something, whatever -- I want that comfort of having someone else really be there with you.
microhylidae's primary girlfriend) and Neil and I all walked to the diner together after the contradance was over. I paused briefly, and looming above us were the pale branches of a tree, almost white against the navy-deep sky. And it was beautiful. Cayenne stopped and smiled with me, while everyone else walked on. I knew that she saw the same thing, just for that one minute -- the splay of the slender, strong branches, the sense of grace in the world. That was worth it.I have decided that that is all I want in a friend -- that moment of seeing the same thing and loving the world. Enough with the questions, the chatter, all of us trying to prove something, whatever -- I want that comfort of having someone else really be there with you.
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