A Look into My Heart

[Cisco99]

I was watching an old movie from Japan

About a dinosaur bird on a destructive rampage

When the phone rang.

It was my friend Jeff, who had lost his family

In a highway accident a year before.

I paused my movie to talk to Jeff.

He said he was still struggling,

Unable to focus on his work,

That he missed his little son and two daughters,

And the talks he had with his wife Marianne,

After the kids had gone to bed

And I nodded and said the empathetic things

But all the while my finger was on the pause button,

Waiting to see what would happen to Tokyo.

[whatsinaname]

SELFISH (like all humans are, to a greater or lesser degree).

But, HONEST.

[Drphil1938]

Weird

[Pierreb]

Once again beautifully written. What it is to be human.

[Danielgreer]

We all have done something similar to that at some point. We may try to deny it because we don’t want to think we are that way sometimes. I salute your bravery.

[Hidden]

I was in therapy years ago and sometimes worked on symbols that popped up in dreams. One that I worked on was Godzilla. The rage I was left to contend with after the abuse I suffered in childhood.

[Cisco99 in reply to Hidden]

A powerful metaphor. We all have an inner Godzilla.

[Hidden in reply to Cisco99]

But most probably are unaware of it.

[whatsinaname]

monte1111 has NOT passed away. MontyB has passed away.

[Hidden in reply to whatsinaname]

Thanks , my fault.

[whatsinaname in reply to Hidden]

Had it been monte1111, I would have freaked out.

I too like him a lot. But, I really don't know MontyB.

[Hidden in reply to whatsinaname]

I panicked . We love you monte 1111. Peace to Monty b. Thanks brother.

[Collarpurple in reply to Hidden]

Merry christmas 🙏

[Hidden in reply to Collarpurple]

Peace to you😎✌️

[Collarpurple in reply to whatsinaname]

Merry Christmas🙏

[whatsinaname in reply to Collarpurple]

Merry Christmas to you, Collarpurple !!!

And a Healthy and Prosperous Happy New Year, 2020 !!!

[ctarleton]

Lemme guess.... Is Rodan the massively destructive metaphorical cancer, while sitting duck Tokyo is your metaphorical body?

Anyway, I saw Rodan in the theater when it was an original first run movie in the USA in 1957. It was pretty exciting stuff for a boy my age.

Charles

[Cisco99 in reply to ctarleton]

Not really. It was just a movie that was on when the phone rang. As Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." As if!

[j-o-h-n]

I guess you were waiting to unpause the tv so you could see if that enola bird though it was a gay idea to nuke Japan again....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Monday 12/23/2019 8:11 PM EST

[Collarpurple in reply to j-o-h-n]

May Santa be kinda nice to you lol

[j-o-h-n in reply to Collarpurple]

He was, kinda... I got a gift- first prize of a one week vacation in Newark, N.J.............. second prize is a two week vacation in Newark, N J...

Old joke, but couldn't help myself.....

May Santa be kinda nice to you too....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 12/24/2019 5:22 PM EST