Stream of Thought

The Action Hero

Having just changed outfits to impersonate the woman’s trusted contact, I as a man could not quite get the dream jump right to relaunch the hovercraft to elevate through the air up to her.

So, I clambered out of the gear, peeled off the oversuit, and instead walked into the building – unsure what my next move would be.

And I walked right past her as she called out quietly to me. Apparently, I looked enough like her guy without the uniform, and I had not expected her to be down by the stairs, waiting in the lobby.

I kept going and turned toward a well-lit room down the hall, ignoring her. I could feel her desperation receed as I put distance between us and waited for the reforming of my game plan.

I smelled warmed Thai food coming from the small gathering’s buffet within what I could now see was a theatre, and thought to myself, “Why not?” as the doors were left wide open as if in invitation. “I’ll just mingle.”

Once I took a seat for the then revealed rally to begin, I realized as my form shifted back to female that my arriving at performances for one reason is frequently turning into another.

Stream of Thought

The Lover’s Muse

“No, you see – you make it too easy! Why didn’t you take that negotiations class from the link that was sent to you?” the man said, for whom such skills now came easily.

“I did not take it because I do not want to become manipulative,” she replied.

“But, the world is becoming more complicated. How are you to manage your position to any higher advantage if you do not get even more savvy?”

Exasperation. She couold tell that he was struggling to not show his deep disappointment. “I expected – I needed better from you by now!”

“Oh…I was never told by any direct means what you wanted or hoped for…

I can no longer participate in the pastime of second guessing,” she mused, “and my whole purpose in life – that which motivates me – is to love.

Anything I would venture into from here means nothing to me without love. I can no longer keep striving for grand adventures hollow-hearted.

I need more than this in my life. My heart must be replenished by love received, for so much that I give to others.

So, if my heart is not matched and love is not reciprocated, I just have to stick to gardening.”

(Title play with words)

Stream of Thought

Before Sundown

As I repot seedlings into next stage containers, having paused my quest and laboring to get more larger pots and soil, I know that it won’t be long before I repeat the process.

But, there is satisfaction in watching my comfort in the garden unfolding while chiding the pup to not eat plastic pots; to stay out of the plants; and to focus on the bone she’s got.

Stream of Thought

A Grown Child’s View

Taking the dogs out onto the green, I came upon a disassembled controller for a drone left in the longer side grass and placed its components on the short-nipped turf for some grandfather to find and return it to the youth’s piloting.

Zigging too and fro, one dog plunged its nose into the edge of the water leading to the pond. I thought with delight “Let’s go see it!” since we were there anyway and we had somehow arrived from one plane of existence to there just by sitting awhile in my car as it was idling.

A woman came out onto the grass behind us as we headed foward to explore the banks further, and I realized that at last the next generations’ mingling had taken over, blending once divided lines of status and prejudice into acceptance with dignity.

Humans cannot stop the waves of time’s change, and though it was confusing to feel the shifted social atmosphere where my grandparents used to live, it gave me hope for the world’s future.

Stream of Thought

Scratching An Itch

Recording numbers has been like a twitch: a necessary continuity that must be encoded by scripting into my phone’s notepad in order to wedge apart premises and keep them from colliding.

I had needed something to cling to that could represent aspirations, but now I have come to accept the basics that I do and do not want.

And I am recognizing that I only look for and listen to those messages which speak to me positively.