I walked away. Each step took some time
to develop - a syrupy slowness that made
me feel as if some other part of my brain
was commanding me to stay still or even
turn around and go the other way. Back
to her. But, I kept trudging along with my
backpack moving forward in the line to the
security checkpoint. Logical me knew that
I was supposed to be at work tomorrow -
one thousand miles away from here.
The flight was leaving in thirty minutes. But
Emotional me knew she was leaving - on
the train from whence we came. I felt stuck
in that moment. I lost my forward momentum
and the gravity of each force pulled at me. My
brain didn't like this. No, not at all. A bargain
was struck. Logic prevailed upon Emotion. If
you wait one month, you can still have what
you want - only delayed. Alas, Emotion could
not understand Logic. It only understands the
present - the having and the not having. And
so Logic showed Emotion the feelings of being
unemployed. The desperation, false hope, and
errors in judgment displayed when Logic let
Emotion take over the reins. Do We want that again?
Emotion failed to understand. After all,
that was not his department. Happiness and
sadness were not things that resulted from its
actions, but were merely cycles of my life that I
went through, summers and winters of the mind.
Emotion could sense the turning of the leaves as
winter came and focused its energy on prolonging
the present into an indian summer. The foresight
of Logic proceeded with care to make provisions,
knowing that with these, one would see the
summer again. With this in Mind, I was pulled
forward , boarding the plane into wintry darkness.
to develop - a syrupy slowness that made
me feel as if some other part of my brain
was commanding me to stay still or even
turn around and go the other way. Back
to her. But, I kept trudging along with my
backpack moving forward in the line to the
security checkpoint. Logical me knew that
I was supposed to be at work tomorrow -
one thousand miles away from here.
The flight was leaving in thirty minutes. But
Emotional me knew she was leaving - on
the train from whence we came. I felt stuck
in that moment. I lost my forward momentum
and the gravity of each force pulled at me. My
brain didn't like this. No, not at all. A bargain
was struck. Logic prevailed upon Emotion. If
you wait one month, you can still have what
you want - only delayed. Alas, Emotion could
not understand Logic. It only understands the
present - the having and the not having. And
so Logic showed Emotion the feelings of being
unemployed. The desperation, false hope, and
errors in judgment displayed when Logic let
Emotion take over the reins. Do We want that again?
Emotion failed to understand. After all,
that was not his department. Happiness and
sadness were not things that resulted from its
actions, but were merely cycles of my life that I
went through, summers and winters of the mind.
Emotion could sense the turning of the leaves as
winter came and focused its energy on prolonging
the present into an indian summer. The foresight
of Logic proceeded with care to make provisions,
knowing that with these, one would see the
summer again. With this in Mind, I was pulled
forward , boarding the plane into wintry darkness.
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