Soul candy . . .

Soul Candy,

It can be so many things for me.

Having my wife turn to me for an answer.

Having my parents turn to me for help because they know they will get it.

Watching people I like sitting down and truly enjoying some food I just made for them.

A cat snuggling up to me.

Finishing a woodworking project, something that took time and pushed my skills. Being able to look at it and being able to say I made this.

Sitting down at the end of an evening, lighting a Cigar and talking with my peers here.

Dropping into warm clear water, drifting with a ripping current then finding a nice deep hole in the reef. Dropping in and being able to just hang there watching the life going on around me. Weightless, floating, breathing and totally relaxed. Kicking out of this hole and drifting with my companions until it is time to surface. Slowly rising, pausing for several minutes at fifteen feet where you can just barely see the bottom. Maybe hearing the buzzing of a boat motor or the throbbing of a ship passing in the distance. Your companions drifting weightless and effortless with you, their faces covered, distorted by their masks and regulators but their enjoyment so clear in their eyes. The final float to the surface, watching the quicksilver motion of the waves above you. Your head coming free of the water and the hiss of air into your vest as you spit out your reg and take in a deep breath of fresh air. Watching the boat slowly approach as you and your companions stay together, floating and talking quietly.

Cat
 
this morning I heard, "When I pick up the phone, and hear you say hey, babe, it just makes the whole rest of my day go so much better."

Soul candy, indeed.
 
My own bed. I've only got to sleep in it for forty-nine nights in the last year.

Other than that, good food, rain, walking and, of course, wine.
 
The Sweetest Candy

Remembering the first time I ever touched another sexually, relishing those first few moments of anticipation and wonder. I hope I never lose that feeling.
 
Being held and hearing "this is so nice just to hold you, I love the smell and scent of you"

that one brief moment eased a whole lot of ache
 
When things come together in unexpected and extraordinary ways allowing me to see myself as part of something bigger, richer, sweeter.
 
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