• Reminds me of this moment I really enjoyed years ago, but didn’t take a picture at the time.

    A very early morning
    No one in the street
    The whole city still slumbers
    It’s raining
    Puddles at your feet
    Smells of ozone and earthworms
    Leaning on a wall and smiling
    Still not a soul in sight
    Hey I’m not a poet, it doesn’t have to rhyme alright

    Dawn comes like clockwork
    Like those late for work
    Robots that huddle and shiver
    All hurrying somewhere dry
    Only one loving this water
    Until a stranger comes by

    This one not looking down
    Someone else living in the present
    Both nodding in agreement
    Silent yet sharing the moment
    In my beautiful old town

    Seriously though, thanks for reminding me of that morning. Should have taken a picture then, but I was too busy doing nothing. Same kind of vibe but more cobblestones.

    • lewosadebu@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      1 year ago

      This was fucking beautiful. And hey you might not have taken a digital picture, but your mind seems to have preserved this in an arguably even better way!

      • Thanks,
        It was a very calm and serene moment in an otherwise hectic part of my life.

        Hell, I’d usually be one the people in a hurry to get somewhere, but once in a while I’d get downtown really early and have breakfast there before anything wakes up.

        There’s something grounding about taking the role of an observer for a bit. I do that sometimes when I vacation somewhere. In itself, stuff that’s utterly uninteresting like the shopkeeper unlocking his shop, sweeping his porch. In my normal beat, that’s something that wouldn’t even register, background noise in the buzzing city life.
        Hard to describe, like watching the bees work instead of being one for a change.