Hanging On The Corner

This location, this light, this atmosphere and these people may only come and bless me once. 

This is precisely why I choose to stay here. Observing life from a safe distance through a camera keeping me protected from whatever reality it is that I fear.

Please don’t get me wrong, don’t feel sorry for me; I don’t feel like I am missing out on anything. It feels quite the opposite like this view offers me more than I ever thought possible.

Like a constantly moving, never-ending mildly twisted social study of us, of me. A point of view that allows me to become immersed in a moment I am not involved with. 

Free from the small talk, which often clouds the simplistic beauty of our lives, focused only on the details and textures of this rich existence that is ever passing in front of my lens.

 I could join you; I could join in. But the truth is, I would rather watch the social interaction that takes place in this tiny wonderland. 

I do sometimes wonder; what you are talking about? What makes you laugh? What makes you cry? What makes you happy and what keeps the real you, the person I see, hidden? But I will never know because I chose to be here and watch.

I hope you enjoyed your night; I hope it was all it could be. I know mine was and although I will never know you, I would like to say thank you for letting me spend just a few short moments learning from you.