To be Heard

Monday, April 13, 2009

It was all moving by too fast. The day with its demands. The things undone. The stack of those things that must yet be completed, before tomorrow, which will soon enough begin in earnest with its own misbehaved list of musts.

In the middle of this, a phone call. A conversation about a book I wrote, the delirious spark of questions no one else has ever asked. How did you decide...? Where did you discover...? What did you mean when you wrote...? How did you know...?

The gift was being taken back into this thing I'd loved. To be given room to walk around within its rooms.

5 comments:

Sherrie Petersen said...

Those lists of musts...ugh. What a lovely gift to be taken away, if only briefly.

mink said...

You, dear Beth, should be asked those questions every single day. You're brilliant.

Anonymous said...

Those kinds of conversations are wonderful.

Hana Njau-Okolo said...

Very nice to meet you, through Tessa at An Aerial Armadillo. Congratulations on your well-deserved award.

Anna Lefler said...

Ooooh, SO happy for you, Beth.

XO

A.

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