Run Rabbit

There’s this picture of a woman sitting on the ground visibly weeping, two red gumboots next to her that she’s taken off, and a landscape in utter ruination behind her, houses collapsed, the grass turned gray from the water logging, a telephone pole felled across the asphalt that is crumbling, trees with housing support beams strewn through them, and garments, so many garments, clothes, quilts, sheets, blankets, towels, smoke still rising in the air from a far off fire. It’s just, I don’t know, I can’t decide on a word for it, but it’s something right? You all feel it too right? 

Ah, I found a link, see it for yourself

http://rodrigoebr.tumblr.com/post/3846951831/a-woman-cries-while-sitting-on-a-road-amid-the

Some guy left a comment, ‘Hard time not crying myself’, I like that, and another person "I’d give her the biggest hug ever." Those are the sort of sentiments that I think say the most, they’re not poetic, they’re not beautifully phrased or transcendental in any sense, it’s that genuine basic emotional response one has when they’re confronted with a bad situation, that terrified nervous response when really, all you can ever do is 3 things, start crying, give them a hug and tell them it’ll all be alright. Beyond that, really, what else can one convey? Sympathy, love and comfort. That’s all anyone wants really.

On a smilier note, same guy who had a hard time not crying posted a link to this, definitely worth seeing, it’s only 30 seconds.

 

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March 16, 2011

Haha the putt putt video is great! That picture is just so sad 🙁 So raw, so real.. it just puts everything in perspective. Your entry title reminded me of that old tele ad which used the run rabbit run song.

March 18, 2011

no, i’m not a communist, just lazy.

March 22, 2011

I just signed into OD for the first time in a while and saw your comments 🙂 If you don’t remember you commented on a post I made about dreams. Thanks for the nice words 🙂 sometimes I get worried that…people will continue to take my gentleness for granted, and it will be ruined, it is one of the things I like about myself. I can’t help caring for people, even when it hurts :s

March 22, 2011

Dreams are funny that way. I haven’t met the devil, although I have felt that all encompassing terror, that clutches at your heart. It’s pretty horrid. I’ve never felt Euphoria in a dream. I wish I had. Although I suppose it would be pretty heartbreaking to wake up. I agree with your entry. Most people at the end of the day do want to help people, make others happy. Don’t want to see them suffer.

March 22, 2011