“I would like to sneak out of the shadow into the shadow following your footprints, and to get as far as you will go without getting caught” J.M. Coetzee
The day is shrinking slowly, and there is less sunshine in the sky. As if the sun was gradually dying day by day, losing its brightness and its strength. Only the surrounding space is invariably enormous. I make visits in huge houses, in which I am getting lost. I go along immensely wide roads, I do the shopping and feel overwhelmed by the availability of the products – everything here seems to be in excess. But yet I feel well in it, safe. I can easily breathe, being almost indifferent to what is going on around me. At times I stop, amazed, captivated and think about what had happened to me. And I ask myself if all that really happened?
Did I really meet Nicole and Mark who tuned up my bike for free? Did I really stay with Kelly and Rob, with whom I jumped on a race track sitting in a cosmic-looking racing car? Did I dine with Andrzej in the casino, where for a few dollars you can stuffed yourself with “eat as much as you can” dishes? And did I really meet you in the rain? In those gentle, patchy drops? The world blurred for a moment, closed in a warm hand, like in a wooden box storing forgotten dreams.
I open the lid. There are ripe berries inside. I put them on my hand, I put them inside of you, I squeeze them with my tongue on your lips. They taste like forest, like moss, like the sun and the brisk air. They are soft and warm. Like your hand, like your mouth. I close my eyes and listen to the silence. The lips are glowing and dancing in the berry dance, a few light droplets are running down the cheeks, tickling gently.
“The wind for a moment blended with the rain in one soft deep. I fitted in it, I melted.” M. Plaza “Skoruń”
Hello Piotr ,:I have last sent you an email while I was still in Willits
California about July 24 ?If you remember we met at Mc Roland’s
I am Theodor .knowing how busy you are daily I didn’t want to bother your journey .
I hope you are well and your ride must be quite up north and may you are in BC. Canada. I am not good in utilizing internet to be in touch with you.
I hope all is well with and you are as strong as ever. You are an oustandig athlete and an amazing adventurer that the world must know though your new in English books that I hope that you will publish.
Stay strong my friend Piotr and soon to be in you destination Anchorage Alaska.
Have a great evening and God be with you and be safe.
Your admirer ,
Theodor , El Greco.
Hello Theodor. Everything goes well. I answered your letters using e-mails. I hope you got them. piotr