From: c9036984@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Definition of Flying: One must merely throw themselves at the ground and miss)
Subject: Storm
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:42:53 GMT

This is something that I wrote soon after I fell in love with the most
wonderful person in the world. He has changed my life in so many ways
and this was one way that I tried to tell him how much he means to me.
The only thing that I would ever want to change about our relationship
would be that we weren't so damn far apart....it is a real bummer...
He is in Mississippi and I am in Australia, but somehow the distances 
don't seem to matter, because what we feel for each other seems to
transcend the miles that we are apart. So Wolf...here is your story...
I love you...and remember always:    Past, Present, Future. 



       The sky is grey and dominated by the mass of clouds in darkening shades
of grey and black, that twist in turmoil as they are buffeted by the winds of
the storm that they have been carried on. Lightning branches out from them to
strike the water on the horizon below, as the steady pounding of the surf is
punctuated by the rumbling cracks of thunder. The water reflects the same
slate-like colour of the sky, though it seems to be fighting a constant battle
with the natural essence of the water to maintain this colour. These
flickerings of green and blue that just manage to escape, seem to symbolise
the fight that nature goes through on a daily basis as part of it's change an
evolution. The air seems to be alive with the essence of nature at it's most
violent as the storm moves its way in off the water. It is as if all of those
beings living in the area are watching, waiting for the storm to unleash it's
fury, to wreak havoc on those who are unsuspecting of the turmoil it brings and
to eventually wash clean all of the dirt and decay that life has wrought
between times. But that clensing process has not taken place yet, the
storm is slowing building itself up to that point where it will be able to
release it's pent up fury. This build up is apparent to the two people below,
as
they watch the violence of this natural beauty, wrapped in each others
presence, feeling, paradoxically, a balm of peace and warmth wash over them
in the face of Natures wrath.


        We sit on the shore, wrapped in a togetherness that is not often found,
and toeven find it is rare. So what we have is very special and now that we
have found it, can never be lost. As we sit, me resting against your chest with
my head against your shoulder  and you with yours arms wrapped around me,
holding me tightly, our hands linked and your breath whispering softly past my
ear, i feel the bond between us strengthen, but at the same time become more
malleable. A bondthat has the strength to support all the trouble and turmoil
that lie in front of us, but also flexible enough that it allows for growth and
change. This bond between us,that like the storm around us, arose from chaos,
uncertainty and turmoil, brings into my life new hope and a feeling of
joyousness that is like the sun fighting its way through clouds to shine down
on the land. It also brings with it a wonder and awe that something so sweet,
so gentle and tender can have the strength to withstand the turmoil that
surrounds us.
        So, as we sit here, on this storm whipped beach, wrapped up in each
other, warmed by the glow of our love and the feeling of gentle serenity that
it brings with it, I begin to wonder what it was like when you were not in my
there to support me through the turmoil that is life, and what would happen if
I ever lost you. And almost as if you read my mind you whisper in my ear that
you will never leave me and that you will always be there for me, as you
tighten your hold and draw me closer. And I realise that as long as you are
with me, even if it be only in spirit and not body, I will never need to worry
or
depend on any other, for I am loved and that is all the support and security I
need. So I turn slightly, so that I can look into your eyes, resting one hand
over
your heart , and say "Kevin, I love you so much", and as I watch, a smile
spreads across your face, so full of incredible joy and happiness that I feel
physically warmed by it. And when you tell me that you love me too I feel so
incredibly safe and cherished that I never wished to leave your arms.



        And I know now, that though we are not physically together, spiritually
encompassing our souls, emotions and whole beings, we are, and not amount
of land, sea or air can change that. It is something that most people do not
ever dream about finding, and which makes me feel so awed that we have. I
love you Kevin, don't ever change that inner you,the one that I fell in love
with, for anyone..not even for me. Because it is that person, that beautiful
human being that you have shown to me, that makes me thank all the powers
that be for blessing me with the chance to know.

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