The Gamble
A porch swing has a most distinguishing aspect.
It swings, of course, it does; but that's not it. It's the slots. Horizontal or vertical, the space between the wood, or metal, or fiberglass, or hemp-string, ensures the swing is always occupied.
Notice the way it rocks, startled at the slightest provocation of coming and going. The wind? or the Spirit world, passing through to rest, but for a moment? Out of habit.
When we sit, big or small, we displace the invisible and disturb its momentum...
We are spoilers diverting the cosmic flow. And while this may be true standing, or walking, or settling on a boulder, it is nevertheless in a porch swing that we feel the least alone, sitting next to who knows who...
10.20.2023
Porch Swing challenge @ChrisSadhill