pi & anne

light and shadows
on the unclean glass
at sunrise
I just watch them play
with my patience

the dryer
with its maintenance program
dropped from the manual
their hidden lies
that contradict themselves

early plum blossoms
my weather report
says  n o

what about another flea in the coffee 

I promised myself to write from a place of sincerity and honesty¹. Who would I be to write about something without knowing it? With what shall I fill the gaps?⁵ Who would I be to follow a rule feeling discomfort to do so, to not ask what this rule is good for? Who would I be? A liar to myself and the world.

¹The Oxford English Dictionary defines honesty as “the quality of being honest.”² Honest is, in turn, defined as “Free of deceit; truthful and sincere … Morally correct or virtuous … (attributive) Fairly earned, especially through hard work … (of an action) done with good intentions even if unsuccessful or misguided … (attributive) Simple, unpretentious, and unsophisticated.³ ⁴

² “Honesty”. Oxford English Dictionary. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-06.

³ “Honest”. Oxford English Dictionary. 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28.

⁴https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honesty

⁵That fine line… Imagining, assuming. Assuming means I am utterly privileged. It is not okay to use the suffering of someone else for example.⁶ I must ask: how do you feel? And: is it okay if I write this? I must be truthful. I will trust the discomfort. It will lead me to respect and responsibility⁷.

⁶When I write about others, I also write about myself and the way I interpret. A piece of me is in it.

⁷I owe myself my own reflection in the mirror and a hot heart to be truthful. No one, nothing can free me from this except myself, and then the mirror will bend, burst and break.