(xanga crosspost)
I woke up to the feel of spring making it's way into the city, and winter losing its hard edge. I woke up to the feel of loneliness in my room, and a desire to not do anything at all.
I sat down with the sunlight streaming delicately into the windows, the blue sky brilliant and cold, but not harsh. The smell of fried food, the hum of the laundry spinning, the ups and downs coming from the tv brought me back to a place I loved a long time ago. A time and place where I had no worries, and there was nothing that "had to be done" except some division homework.
For a moment, I thought I might be back there again.
But I remembered that it was me who made that fried brunch (lunch? after-lunch meal?), and it was me who did the laundry...
When you're young you think you and your parents are invincible. And then you start to realize they're human, just like anyone else... they make mistakes, just like anyone else... they grow old... and where does that leave you? Expected to be growing up and getting more independent and responsible, I feel like I'm not living up to the standards. When you're 20 years old, you can't really attach yourself to your mother's leg and whine.
I am childish and inexperienced. I am foolish and naive. I am, maybe, in denial about the way our world works.
I forgot I could feel like this.