West of the Sun
I am always happy when I listen to music. Music is my escape. It is my paradise. When I listen to music and feel it throughout me, I can forget everything. And what I feel, what I see, underneath my dark eyelids, are images created by that melody. I love it tremendously. To describe how I feel when I went out with my friends the other day, last week actually, I felt happy. I wanted to go out for some time. Then we decided to go play by the sea, I was even happier. I love the sea. The fact that I could not swim won't change that. Though I confess, I have wanted to swim in the sea for a long time. I yearn to feel the coldness and then the warmth of the ocean waters against my skin. It would feel nice, wouldn't it? Anyway, I had fun on that outing with my friends. I'm sure that I am certainly not the best company to have, but I felt honoured to be invited by them. I love them. But as I walk out of their car, wave them goodbye and enter my home, I felt empty again. The kind...