Mind the Gap: Listening for Signals from Your Lover

There is no rescue coming for you. I am not a hero. I am a solitary man, sitting in my own pain around the current gap, and I am working like hell (writing, meditating, exercising, coaching, praying) to heal my own troubled heart. It may happen, that I will stand up and leave the scene. It is painful to observe the destructive fire. And it is more painful to know your hands and efforts cannot reach inside the burning building and give your partner the comfort you know you could provide. The raging flames are still blocking the path back. The consuming crisis is using up all the available air. It’s getting hard to breathe, even outside the fire.

I am no firefighter.

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