Too Busy
I've been stuck in my office for too long.
I went to the mall today to buy a sandwich and the experience was awful.
It was too crowded.
Too bright.
Too busy.
Too loud.
There were too many people.
And before the pandemic I would have welcomed such a sight: catching the way people speak, the way they move and hold hands and bicker.
Today, I found all of that to be annoying.
I felt like an alien surveying unknown territory:
Uncomfortable
and disconnected.
BUT
In the thick of it all, with a sandwich and lemonade in my hand,
I caught a glimpse of an old memory
and had the honor of visiting what is to be:
It was bright and beautiful and scary.
It was like being in a mall with too many people;
too many voices and sounds and
fancy shimmers and awkward glimmers.
But thank (the deity of your choice) for anonymity.
For now, at least.
Godspeed.
C. W.