There are these little flashes-
some temporary vision of what enormous joy and dread it is to be human.
A glimpse at your own capacity-
or the crushing weight of clear scenes from paths you never took -
people you never became-
commitments never kept or made at all.
And it is only a moment and at times even that feels too much.
And then the intensity will lift, just as suddenly, and you'll have a hard time recalling what it was that had you on the verge of tears in the middle of the afternoon over a month ago.
