Portents

Coming events cast their shadows before. – James Joyce

We weave and deny and otherwise dodge the shadows, banking the pain for the light that casts them. It grows closer, that cruelty. How, then, to enjoy what we have? How to not waste the precious for the fear of its loss? Life is fractal that way; the question remains the same at any scale. The biggest mystery is death. Ironically, it’s the second biggest that’ll kill you.

There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay? Answer me that and I will reveal to you the purpose of the moon.” – Tom Robbins