JOURNAL / WANDERINGS
JULIA MITTON
The daY FADES
NICARAGUA
SOMETIMES I GO OUT ON A LARKFollow a path that isn’t obvious
Pursue a feeling that is as fragile
As a bone-china teacup sitting high and forgotten On an antique store’s shelf
The light comes through that thin porcelain
The cup has the translucence
of the old cashier’s hand
Of an unplugged lovesong
Of dusk in general
(Fragile & fleeting, dusk ought to be considered with gentleness)
When I consider, with this quiet care,
The dying light of a day
And think about unanswerable questions
I think about how if I didn’t sometimes
Wander away into the sunset
I might become inert with sadness
A sadness might grow, like moss, over my immobile branches
I might stay this way, embalmed in the slow-growing beauty
That is an oil-painted pear
That is aging
That is the great settling down into the earth
But I surf, therefore I move
I move, and watch, and move some more
I think of nothing, feeling everything
Connected to the slightest shift in the ocean’s surface
To the shadows in the water below me
To the sound of water under my surfboard
I observe no looping mind
No jumping thoughts
No turbulence
When I get out of the water I always feel
Like I’ve been to the truth and back
I let surfing answer the unanswerable questions
I catch the waves and carve little pathways into the ocean
Trying to follow them all the way to shore
sliding along with my feelings
Considering them with gentleness
AS THE LIGHT FADES
MOTHERHOOD
DO I OR DON'T I WANT TO BE A MOTHER?
September 22, 2024About a year or so ago, my plan to continue to live a childfree existence was turned upside down....ABOUT ME
how about I tell you about a few things i love?
I love a lot of things but these might be some of the things I love the most.
- I love waking up and making coffee
- i love taking my time in the morning
- i love a delicious yoga class in a hot, tropical location
- i love talking about surfing
- i love talking about art & artists
- i love telling stories
- i love taking impulsive & wild decisions so I have good stories to tell
- i love a good surf
- I love to watch the ocean
- i love living in small, perfect spaces
- i love to sing
- I love feeling included
- I love participating
- I love when people share
- i love reading books to kids as they fall asleeP
Born on the east coast of canada,
I Live between marseille & IBIZA
i think i was sri lankan in a past life
so i also live there in my heart
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