My head is reeling......I cannot seem to be able to quiet it down today....I feel my blood making the trecherous course through my veins without any intention of slowing down.....my pulse keep its accelerated tempo, as if I just consumed too much caffeine on an empty stomach....I am yearning for the calm before the storm, but the tempest shows no evidence of succumbing to my will....

The unexpected seems to have the tendency to throw you off-course, taking the anticipation completely out of the equation....maybe the element of surprise was, dare I say it, too surprising, catching me off-guard, unprepared.....my reflexes did not possess the abilty to respond fast enough....just like getting caught in a torrential downpour without anything preventing the exposure to the elements....

I feel like I'm stuck inside of John Mayer's song lyrics....."I'm just about to set fire to everything I see....I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe.....there I said it...I'm scared you'll forget about me....so young & full of running...all the way to the edge of desire....steady my breathing, silently screaming....I have to have you now"....

Ahhhh....now off to reading, getting back to the center, wiggling my roots back to the Mother Earth, letting go of the dreary, misty fogginess of the mind, and just being present....all else will follow in its own imperfect way perfectly.....optimistic & cuddled....loving & loved....open arms with an open heart....

--The image courtesy of Fire Arts Collective.