Seven
This evening was chilly for some reason. Once, I had imagined him lying on the ground. There were days when the sun was particularly high and the sun was warm and clear, and I would be waiting for a crosswalk and a huge bus would pass by, and I would almost collapse under the weight of its enormous body and my own frail body, and I would be so surprised by the weight that I would wish I could stop being trapped in my own world. In fact, maybe we're more afraid of crashing than we are of flying upwards. Even if you have a well-organized home, if you're ashamed of your friend's clumsy decor, you may not do your best until the moment passes, no matter how much it tugs at your heartstrings and how much you regret the choice. And as the old story goes, life goes round and round, what was lacking is filled with something else, and life goes on. Like a child staring at an empty road on the side of a well-traveled path.