Stranger

Originally Posted on March 9th, 2023

In the distance stood the Table mountain, the lack of peak blunted against the blue and white sky, the sun reflecting off of the snowy sides. I was walking on the frozen sand, waves lapping ever so gently on the shore. He looked over at me with a knowing nod and connected our humanity.

“Good morning,” as if from god himself.

A simple, usually benign greeting. I felt whole. I felt worthy of being.

An aknolwedgement of my existence from a complete stranger brought me a peace I had so desperately been looking for. In an instant I was at one with the universe. Enveloped in the present moment.

I continued along the rapidly changing landscape feeling the presence of the universe around me. I breathed in the chilly air. Soaked up the rays of the late winter sun.