Between us, a curtain of social conventions is fluttering. We faintly can see each other’s outline looking through this translucent veil and both reach out, once in a while, to move it away.
But once close enough to do so, we suddenly feel the mountain of world, the ocean of differences, and choices we have to live with pressing against our chests.
Nonetheless, the sheer madness of encountering someone who possesses an identical blueprint that transcends all worldly boundaries is surreal.
… the sweet torture of staring back at yourself through the eyes of an inconvenient, beautiful stranger.
THE WONDERMIND 