Have you ever woken up and instantly feel like its a start of something new? A breath of fresh air? Those mornings where you feel a sense of agility and your eyes open wide, glimmering before your alarm can go off? Today was my day.
As I walked out today my body felt a shiver. A shiver I had not felt in a long time. Every morning as I walk out the door there is this older Spanish lady sitting on the stop of my building. I often wonder what her story must be. Why is she always there? EVERY MORNING. Is she waiting for the mailman? Soaking in the sun? Or simply just sitting?
Every morning we look at each other but never say a word. This partly due to the fact that I am half asleep and/or my mp3 is glued to my ear as my door closes behind me. Today however I smiled and gave her a very fine-assertive, “Buenos dias senora.” She looked surprised but did not respond. Her face stunned. I payed it no mind but looked back as I crossed the street and noticed a small smirk on her face. Priceless.
The subway platform seemed to be empty when I arrived and oddly enough so where the subway cars. Now I usually have to fight through viejas, baby carriages, people stumbling from the night before, bums, and the nasty -“I buy my coffee at bodegas because they dont have starbucks in the Bronx AND I don’t live in Manhattan ABD have to wake up an extra early AND deal with this kind of bullshit” – green line riding young professionals. Today however, there were only 4 people in my cart. FOUR! I smiled.
My subway ride seemed uneventful until on 106th street stop I noticed this young sexy little caramel chocolate yummy thing get on with the most amazing lips I have seen in a long time. We immediately stared at each other. I smiled some more. I couldn’t help to feel the gaze upon me and so I returned the gesture. We locked eyes and didn’t say a word – we just stared. Maybe it was a game? But for a good minute or so we locked dead on. I must admit I ended up loosing – my gaze was broken by a mischievous smirk. This flirtatious behavior continued all the way to 51st where she got off. I smiled again.
Through the past few weeks there seems to have been some clouds above me due to family, work, and personal issues, but today I felt none of those things. It’s true what they say: “you must first go through darkness in order to find the light”.
I can feel my energy back again and the sky looks bluer today than it did yesterday. I can see the clouds no more.
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