30 August 2009

stained glass sentiments


i took this picture in baltimore.
it was the last day we were there and we had probably walked a total of forty five miles in the five days before. i was exhausted, and we were in an art gallery.
now, i love art, but my feet hurt so bad that morning. so i found this stained glass window, in this dark little corner...and there was a bench in front of it, so i sat down. i was behind this sort of wall, all alone and at complete peace.
i tend to remember certain feelings from the past and desire deeply to be back to when i felt those feelings the deepest. i felt an intense peace while sitting in this art gallery that day, and i wish i could feel it again.
for the past several months, i've been running and running to get to where i need to be and accomplish everything i need to accomplish. i love what i've been doing, but i'm exhausted. i wish i could just sit down and bask in the colorful light of this stained glass window for long enough to rest my weary soul.

come, all you who are weary, and i will give you rest.

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