Low Spirit, High Hope

It's heartbreaking.

What leads people to maim

and kill.

What the circumstances were. I'll never fully know.

What the consequences are. I'll never fully know.

It's probably too late

to stop the hate.

What I do know is that I'll do my best

to live with what I have

for those who cannot,

for those who don't know how..

how beautiful existence can be,

how imperfectly happy

one can be

and how within reach happiness is

if only you stop believing the lies,

stop looking for the woods

and realize you are already within the trees.

Spirits are low, so are my funds. So, my son and I jumped on a couple of State provided public modes of transportation that are these bicycles.

I brought my boy to the local park. They had table tennis tables set up, so I figured I try to teach him how to play. I used to play a lot when I was a boy. I was never good at it, though.

After that, I napped.

There were a lot of people at the park. Runners, families, sunbathers, kids making out, groups of daycare children, all enjoying the bright sun, the cool grass and the playful water.

We rode our bikes around the area around the park and stumbled on an indoor water park. My boy wanted to get in, but it was 30 Euros. I felt bad. "Probably next time.", I tell him.

We rode by Lady Liberty who was watching over the Seine river.

Paris, je t'aime.

La Liberté Guidant le Peuple by Eugène Delacroix - Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives via artsy.net, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27539198