1/ Moments ago someone rang at my door
Decending the building's stairs I could only see part of the top of his head
In hindsight, it was pretty obvious that he was tilting it in a way that would make him hardly identifiable.
I openned the door and he swooped in mumbling "I'll just move here" or something.
The young man had elocution problems, probably partly out of stress but evidently out of a lack of education.
I never tremble
2/ I moved slightly to the left, intercepting his forward momentum
He did not touch me nor did I
My eyes locked in with his and only saw a weeping sliver of a soul
Almost no light
I asked: "who exactly are you looking for here".
He turned around, pretended to look at his phone and said: "Oh shoot, wrong place"
And quickly ran back to the car that had brought him there and was waiting as a vigil.
As he skidaddled, I said: "no worries man"
Tonight, moments ago, I avoided something grave and I am thankful.
Tomorrow, I will be more wary of people hiding their faces.
3/ This the begining
As life will get harder in my city
So will the dangers
Steady yourself by knowing who you are,
tempering your character
and seat your soul.
The more you lie to yourself, either by evil deeds or by superficial kindness, the less it is seated. It goes both ways.
Had I carried a lovey-dovey vibe, I would have been hurt or dead.
A prime victim ready for the picking does not maximize the good in this world, best have a very good person that lives longer.
Being good is not merely acting good,
it sometimes involve ugly things
things we meticulously try to minimize of course.
Obviously, we keep these bad things from becoming a habit, a means or a goal - we do not enter the downward spiral of misery.
I'll will meditate, to reasses and refill the light I have just dispensed.
And to give thanks
