There are times when you want time to just hold still. When all you want is to be able to hold on to that perfect moment. When you are aware of the fact that everything in that moment is perfect and yours to keep and hold on to. Only yours, but at the same time you know that it would only take a moment to change it. It could take just one second and you, along with time, will have moved on from that moment.
All this goes back and forth in your head in just that moment. So, you want to stay in that moment and not let go, because you know that you will move on. It’s bizarre when you think about it. You are right there but there’s all this conflict going on inside your head and you know what you need to do.
And since it's not possible to stay there forever, you do the best you can do and take in the surroundings, the smiles, the words...
The half filled glass in your hand, the voice of Mark Knopfler in the background, the tiny cluster of your loved one's swaying to the music, the dark of the night, the chill in the air, the hand of that special someone at the small of your back, the faint mixed aroma of cigarettes and tandoori chicken... and then someone says something funny and everyone's laughing. He asks her what she’s thinking and she looks up at him and she smiles... and she says she’s taking a picture.
And a picture it is. Perfect and whole. Like so many others, stored away to be picked out whenever you choose to…
1 comment:
I agree. There are times when you just wanna stay quiet and take in your surroundings as one MASSIVE picture, to be played over and over again in the future. Pretty nostalgia-breeding post.
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