Tuesday, July 22, 2008

In Transit

If  this is what it feels like then i don't know how i am going to deal with the numerous arrivals and departures that will forever be a part of my life. I used to consider myself a nomad even when I had a home, I guess my heart always felt as though it belonged more than one place, it has settled. Now it needs a dissection, come to think of it my spirit and soul also needs a partition or two. I was unaware of how conflicted and "under stress" I was but now that everything is sorted out (almost everything, odds and ends still to fall) I feel overwhelmed.

The state of my life is simply now going in a direction that i can not fully control, not that I have assumed that I had control in the past but  I had stability. The stability of love, work and monotony, now they have been wrenched from me and I feel abandoned. Change will fuck you up if nothing else will, it is strange how I live in a constant state of change but only feel the reality of it when the decisions I made start to shift everything. Even though I have been aware of these choices and I have been strong enough to delude and postpone to much thinking, now it is all setting in.

I said my goodbyes to the mainland people, Holly does not do goodbyes, I do the I'll see you soon again and if i didn't get around to do that then you have to forgive me because it is hard. It should get easier as i get older but it doesn't. How absurd to think that when you get older you would be able to deal with leaving love and home better! Of course it should rip your heart out. If nothing else does leaving the people you love behind should tear you apart.  I guess I am blessed because I am also going to those that I love as well, but the transition is hard. 

I don't know what i want to say completely but I know i want to express my fear, the fear of leaving and have everything change. I don't want disconnection. I fear it right now more so than anything else. To make sure that my fear is grounded I attempted a reconnection to kind friends from college who were so close with me not even two years ago, what I received was generic and lacking.  I guess they cant be blamed for much, I am the type of person to throw myself completely into what I am doing and those that I am around and shut out the excess. I have to recondition myself to remain open to, to keep compassion at the forefront of my emotional wall.

I guess I have a lot to look forward to. New challenges, ideas, hopes, devastations, goals and a new me. A new life approaches with haste and i am crawling slowly, when we collide it will be interesting to see what spills out. My one wish is that I remain faithful to who I am, I have been lucky so far to be surrounded by love that keeps me grounded and I know that now i am armed with so much more. More than one human being should have. I am beyond lucky, way beyond blessed.





To all the moon filled nights on cool sheets, in the arms of love. My spirit remains.









11 comments:

Will said...

you say it so well - despite all the changes, always remember the one unswerving constant: the people you love... cos they - we - all love you too...

:glomp:

:lick:

brandonmsweet said...

You are a great and brave person. I was going to move to florida(my brother is there) but i couldn't do it. I couldn't leave the people i had been meeting through photography and what not to go to florida. I hope things go extraordinarily well for you. Traveling is a good thing, and the mistakes you make in your life are never mistakes, they are experience to be looked back on, and learned from. Good Luck and I hope things go super well for you! If you ever make your way to Minnesota. Id love to see ya. and youll always have a place to stay.

Mockingbird Girl said...

Change will fuck you up if nothing else will...

I think I would change that sentence to "Change can fuck you up if nothing else will.."

I think *knowing* that change is in your world, and being able to welcome it somewhat helps with being able to manage it and not fear it as much. Change *is* scary. But it is also so very necessary. Without change we would stagnate. That is what I am facing right now...a stagnation of the soul.

Also know that when you move here, you have a new friend waiting for you.

hbynoe said...

@ Will- :heart:

@ Brandon- brave, well i guess a little brave but more so wanting more for myself. My innate inquisitiveness will always be the thing to make me actually go through with plans regardless of how hard it is. If i ever make it your way, defrost that pizza for me, and you are most gracious.

@ Emily- a friend :) so beautiful to read. And yes change is sometimes an enemy of the heart, but nonetheless i think maybe my character will be tested and i hope i shine brightly through it all. Cuidate dear.

Empath said...

Go brave and fear not.

NSH said...

I read it ok

:)

papillon said...

It's true you're blessed, for love receives you at different corners, you say. Yet we dare to disarrange the status quo because our imagination let's us so. And that, some people seem, to get more of it.

It's either that your work could interfere with your social arrangements. In that case I can't have any opinion. Or that you could not quite enjoy everything. Then I expect one would not recondition herself, if she wishes to remain faithful to who she is. For you see, for me the fear of sticking where I first were has been grave, at times. I learned, however, not to lose basic qualities and way of thinking that were, actually, my advantage.

We all seem to make better judgments as we age, and perhaps that's the way it is.

Anonymous said...

Don't be afraid, your walking the path you are meant to walk. You have compromised your talent and art for a long time, but no more.

This is who you are, and what you have been given, take it all and embrace your future.

You have control over where you are physically at all times..

but someone else is steering your vessel towards something much greater than you can imagine right now.

I love you, you will see your love again soon, (there is christmas and long semester breaks and she can come over here and stay too.. for as long as she and you like.. she is family now too.

Your mum and dad, want this for you, they do.. and they know you have to do this now..

This is the way !

XO
I love you so so much.. you are held here in love and are free here too

Anonymous said...

Well, you're on your way now, if all is to plan... and I couldn't be happier for you. You hardships will never compare to the wonderous thigs you will do and the stupendous (I haven't heard that word in a while) life you will live. I wish you the best, as always, and thank you once more and thank you forever.

hbynoe said...

empath- brave and fearless. i am trying.

aliceon- be true to ones self is something that i plan to maintain inside. if it is all wrong i will act accordingly.

my sweet girl- all my love

the bravest soldier i know- over and over it is my pleasure. thank you for your kind words and best wishes. i know they come from a beautiful place.

Anonymous said...

Well, you said it yourself... It's not a "goodbye". It's a "see you later".

Anyways, that was posted almost a month ago so I'm guessing you're over it now.

Good luck with your mission. I hope you enjoyed St. Lucia!

Laters,
Shaun

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