—I’M LIVING PROOF THAT CONTRADICTIONS MAKE SENSE

 

 

     They learned there were times you had to out-sit the sun—lean into the shadow of a beam in order to block the fierce glare.

There were times you had to out-sit life, find a perch high up in an oak, and watch the animals desecrate the land below.

There were the really challenging moments when you had to do nothing, just stare at a blank screen or the canted rain, count to five thousand backward, and hold your precious wishes close.

There were times you had to shove a hand through your chest, yank out the heart and throw it on the ground to be trampled.

There were times you to whistle merrily so that no one would notice how lost and miserable you really were.