It was one saturday night and I was waiting for bus 66 on chicago and state.
I feel lonely at the bus stops. Always. The deep lonely feeling that I don't even know it is there, that I hardly have time for or even try to acknowledge, comes to my conscience whenever I am at the bus stop.
So someone like me, standing at the bus stop alone on Saturday night is not a desirable situation to be.
Luckily, this time, I had a luxury of having a musician as my company.
I gave him a dollar and I don't think a buck justifies what his presence and his performance that night at that time did to me.
2 comments:
jane,
this is so sad. being big on public trans, i know how you feel. the world moves so slowly when you're standing, waiting for the bus. it is lonely, but what I do is i throw on some big noise-cancelling headphones and i dance. just a little. at least head and shoulders, foot tapping, i play my lap as a keyboard. you'd be so surprised at how much more enjoyable music can be if you move even just a little bit. your surroundings become more vibrant, lights somehow pulsate to the music, people step and sway their arms to the beat, and at that moment you can't help but smile.
Then! someone asks, "what are you listening to?". then it's not so lonely anymore.
hope this helps!
OMG!!! Jansen!
I wish I had a free spirit like you do!
Actually this morning, I saw this guy with a Huge headphone on his hair, waiting for the train,
and dancing regardless of people around him!
I could tell that he was so into his music and I thought to myself, ' man, I want to be like him!'
I care too much about how people see me and
that makes my move real awkward, i guess.
haha, thanks for the tip though! maybe I will try one night when there are not many people at the bus stop!
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