two people touch, their fingers entertwine, as the songstress temps the night air with her melodic voice. each note daring for something spectacular on this one of the most special of nights…
i sat there and watched the couple next to us - they weren’t anyone special, at least not to me. two older people, probably wiser than i or my love - we were part of a sold out audience watching audra mcdonald magically deliver familiar songs from movies of old. what set this couple apart, was a simple act that i observed so seldom among people today. she reached over to him, and he opened his hand receptively as alexis often does to me when i reach for her. they held hands, touched, and as if the brief contact allowed them enough sustain for the next few moments. they would do this periodically, open palmed or fingers entertwined, they would look into each other’s eyes, and it was as if the concert was just for them.
maybe this is a good omen for the coming year…i held onto alexis’s hand, never breaking contact for longer than a few moments at a time…maybe it will be the contact, and in essence, the love that will make this year better than the last…what else could we possibly look forward to if not something better?
amidst the deaths, the wars, the hatred, and the violence that is legitimately sanctioned by governments that tell us they’re fighting for our good…something has got to change…it has to…to continue this way…isn’t that the destruction of man…destruction of all that we held dear?
here is to a happy, prosperous, and healthy new year for me and mine, and for you and yours…
~ciao