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In reply to the discussion: I can't stop looking at his picture. [View all]orleans
(34,039 posts)we *see* them--
i mean *really* see them
we imagine, with a sense of almost clarity, the person they are/were
a sense of near clarity of the life they have/had
a sense of clarity of the life they will have/would have had
that's what has been happening for the past week or so (probably longer) each time i see his photo on a news story.
i get a lot of imagery in my head, and my heart gets heavy--feels like a bit of it crumbles each time
to the point where i can't look at his pictures without it really hitting me
i have no connection to this guy or where he lived so i'm not sure why i have this response/reaction. and i know this sounds so weird/crazy coming from a complete stranger but i truly believe (know) that losing him is a tremendous loss. (not to minimize what happened to him, but the butterfly effect comes to mind)