Well, I guess you should never fly too high, just as you should never fly too low. Icarus taught us that, you would think I would remember, being that I have a tattoo of him falling from the heavens on my arm. Well, good ol’ Icarus went and melted the wax holding his wings together again.
Some good times and good company mixed with a whole lot of good food has led me astray. Last night I had the pleasure of vacating said food from multiple locations concurrently, not sure why, but my body had decided to stop digestion. Diarrhea called his buddy Vomit out to the party and a good time was had by all, with the exception of the vessel in charge of all the bodily fluids. Such is my life these days. It seems this happens a week after chemo regularly.
And then today I was made aware of a close contact for COVID, a very close contact. Here is hoping that three vaccines is enough, because it seems unlikely that I will avoid COVID this time. Currently, there are some rapid tests on my dining room table, one has been used and come up negative. We will continue to monitor and hope for the best. COVID and immune systems weakened by chemotherapy make for curious and perverted bedfellows. Fingers crossed.
I feel that sometimes we must take the good with the bad, the universe works on balance. Balance spins the arms of the Milky Way around that great black hole at its center, balance keeps us a safe distance from the sun, and balance keeps us humble. Here is to the light in the darkness:
The Enlightened Darkness
There is an echo
Of the harmony of the spheres
That can be heard in earnest
In our deepest, darkest fears.
There is a shadow,
Of the universal chorus
That sings in the heavens,
And hums lullabies to madness.
All that is goodness
In the heavenly sky above
Is mirrored by a darkness
Resident in the river's bluff.
There is a darkness
That corresponds to brightest light
That is so deep and hollow
It out shadows the deepest night.
It is in that dark,
In the depths of its embrace,
Where I find tranquility,
And comfort from my disgrace.
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