Skip to main content

Winds of Change

A building is nestled at the heart of the city.

Driving into town, you see it standing there taller than others on the skyline.

Tall, strong, proud, confident, capable.

Even if it would rather blend in and not be noticed.

On its face, you can’t tell how the building feels inside.

One moment is bright, happy, radiated by sunlight.

Next it’s dim, depressed, gloomy as clouds above darken the view.

Every moment changes, as the wind blows and the clouds pass by overhead.

Hope with the sunshine, depression with the clouds. The two become one.

Soon, the clouded-view can't be escaped even when the sky is blue and the sun is everywhere.

Below, traffic moves on without noticing the shifting clouds above. Noise continues, traffic lights change, life moves on.

Even as the wind blows and the clouds dance on.

You may see a building standing tall. Strong. Sturdy. Withstanding the wind, even with the clouds occasionally interfering. But the wind is ever-present on the building’s face, in the soul.

Only those who are inside the building know that it shakes and tremors, and just wants to crumble. Yet, the building tries to hide it's true feelings out of fear of inadequacy, rejection, shame.

Someday, it may fall. Unless the structure's reinforced.

Where's the breaking point? No one knows. Not even the building.

It just goes on, each day. Enduring the wind, the clouds, the traffic passing by.

Only time will tell if the building has what it takes to withstand the winds of change.

Comments

Kate Cornell said…
Beautifully written Mike. Thank you.
Jess said…
this is beautiful, mike. we've all been there. thanks for sharing. hang in there!
Kelly Booth said…
That was really beautiful Mike.
shannon said…
pretty heavy stuff. thanks for sharing.
Lilly said…
I'm assuming this is what having diabetes feels like for you . . . nicely written, and well said!

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to the End of the World?

Well, did anyone think this is what 2020 would look like? Global pandemic and worldwide public health emergency, everything shutting down and a potential economic collapse on the horizon. Holy fuck. ' A "Pandemic (in Quarantine) Playlist on my Spotify is now a thing, and my own remote worklife now in its 8th year has taken on an eeerie new spin. As are my watchlists full of dystopian and post-apocalyptic TVs and movies for streaming in these strange times. All of my work travel and conferences for the spring have been nixed, and we're all watching closely to see what the impact may be for summer events. What about my "underlying health condition" that is type 1 diabetes? So far, so good. No signs of anything astray. As I've shared over on DiabetesMine, I have been using the Tandem t:slim X2 device since mid-October 2019. That followed three-and-a-half years of Multiple Daily Dosing with pens and Afrezza inhaled insulin insulin. I starte...

A Writer's Pen

A writer carries a pen. That is the way it is. For as long as I recall, that's how it has been. Moments have appeared, of course, where that vow failed. Where I did not have a pen to write with. Where the pen was in my hand, but it didn't write. Moments in history are marked by the written word. Journalists know and live this truth*.... ( yes, truth matters. Facts matter. Alternate versions of both do not **.) ... [ the fact that we have to emphasize this in 2020-21 is ridiculous, but the reality exists ]. I carry a pen. Because I'm a writer. Because the written word matters. Because facts and details matter. Context is everything. Painting a picture with my words is what I've done, professionally and personally, for so long. Words have painted a picture, opened a portal into the heart and mind. I've read what others have written with their own pens, even if those pens aren't physical but mental and those words have materialized from digital tools. The idea of w...

Flapping the Gums

No time for my chatty-typing fingers to engage you today. I'm off to the dentist's office for a dreaded appointment. Thanks to the wonders of D-enduced periodontal disease, this should be a visit full of poking, prodding, pain, and likely some bleeding. Great times. Not looking forward to this visit. Or the next more painful one. I see soup in my future. Maybe Easy Mac. But, I digress. That's all fodder for a future blog post. In the meantime today, talk amongst yourselves. Flap those online gums in the blogging world. And remember to brush and floss.