a few times in my life i’ve had moments of absolute clarity,
when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise
and i can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp
and the world seems so fresh.

i can never make these moments last.
i cling to them, but like everything, they fade.
i have lived my life on these moments.
they pull me back to the present,
and i realize that everything is exactly the way
it was meant to be.



a single man
christopher isherwood.