Alone on high ground in some tiny pine forest, contemplating the Tejo river surrendering itself to the Atlantic. The twilight's dark blue laying claim to the summer's sky. A gentle evening breeze. Distant sounds of cars and motorbikes on some road nearby. The last of birds releasing their final cries for the day.
My thoughts slow down, a feeling approaches. A mix of quietude, loneliness, sadness, longing... some of life's memories stir... a restless dance of my history with this silence that soon dissolves, leaving me with only this present living moment...
This gentle silence whispers to me, and I remember, this Journey has an End, the twilight of our lives is approaching, and it's already here, always was...
All those I've met, loved, the happy moments, the sad ones, the forgotten ones... and the knowing I will have to say goodbye to it all, face the loss and let go...
Tears come to my eyes and it hurts...
I tend to this hurt, I let it open me, I embrace it, and it shows me a Beauty...