Monday, July 13, 2015

A moment - on the metro

standing on the metro in china


Swarms of faded shoes & knock offs.
Open toed sandals & cropped pants.
I am lost in a book. A world I have escaped to.
I peek over the edge of the words from time to time.
I see the crowd of people, they come and they go.
Footprints marking steel grey floors.
The heat of the day coming to rest on the covering of skin, close to my own.
Shifting bodies - movement as we are jostled on this subway car.
Strangers among strangers.
I am transported between this in between space and this different reality.
Time is shifting in both places. I am feeling it like two trains, passing each other at high speeds.
Crossing lines between real & unreal.
Blurring lights, chatter & millions of tiny conversations.
Echoing through cell phones & whispered into ears.
Our heads are all close together, as if by some transferring paper, we are translating to each other without words.
I can hear distant music coming though my headphones. It is hushed, as if it knows that the world has so much to say. It doesn't overpower or try to conceal.
I feel the heaviness of the words that are escaping lips & fingers. So many stories, emerging messages all around me.
A masking of reality. Like a novel on a train.
Blurring lights passing in the dark.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

july

sunset from south mountain, chongqing

STARTING || the daunting task of packing up all our belongings in preparation for our next move. (!!!!)
FINISHING || up a season in this crazy city.
MAKING || cold-brewed iced coffees 
CRAVING || a trip out of this country. I can't believe I haven't stepped foot outside of China for almost a year. (what.)
READING || this blog, and this blog. 
WATCHING || hahahaha, new girl reruns. Also, true detective but I'm not really that impressed with it yet.
LISTENING TO || tep no & ta-ku
WEARING || the lightest material clothing I can get my hands on. #3showersaday
EATING || LYCHEE. Obsessed. 
DRINKING  || grapefruit juice & soda water. 
LEARNING || to find beauty in the small moments.
PRACTICING || stretches to go with my earlier morning wake ups.
WORKING || on the mental prep that will be needed for restarting in a whole new city.  
PLAYING || constant catch-up with life these past few weeks. I feel like everything is moving in a constant blur.
TRAVELING || to Chengdu, our soon to be city, to scope out apartments & the like.
WANTING || an entire day with absolutely nothing on the agenda.
PLANNING || all the things I'm gonna do with all the free time I'll have come September. 
HOPING || for some exploration & adventures this month. A change of scenery would be good for my soul.

Sorry for the late post, it's been a crazy month. All the kids are out of school here which equates to ALL THE ENGLISH TUTORING. Super fun times. Super busy fun times. So, hopefully things start to slow down soon so I can, you know, move. I hope July is finding you happy, and healthy & with a little bit more of a tan than I currently have. 

July, you are a beautiful reminder to find stillness & enjoy the sunrises.