Planet on Pause

The planet has just been paused.

We need to savour this sweet moment of peace and tranquillity while we can before we return to the complexity of our lives.

It’s a pause that has got me thinking and listening. I lay in the comfort of my garden with the freshly cut green grass to my face, I hear the birds chirping, with the occasional car that goes by and I listen to the minor things we usually never pay attention to. I hear the subtle growl of an engine, but I listen to hear if it’s an inline, straight, vee or even a rotary engine. I smell the whiff of petrol, diesel and the effect that they have.

I can hear music, music from the next door and each beat goes straight to my heart, I never knew I had such an emotional connection that strong, that song gets my heartstrings going. I hear the constant shovelling of dirt, the contact between the dirt and the shovel with a metal end and an all wooden handle with all other grubby hands it has had all over the years. I can feel the mental toughness by digging and shovelling for 8 hours and it makes me think of the times when I had been the hardest working, when I went to places just to make money. Going to jumble sales and spending money for 3 hours and just trying to sell afterwards for a profit and spending a total of 9 hours with no break. I can envision the future of that garden being the best in the world with all the tulips and daffodils.

I can smell the most beautiful smell in the summer time, a barbecue, with all the amazing meat getting cooked and the amazing succulent, tender insides of the meat. I can almost taste it, the inside of mouth watering with the delicious food but it was salad that was made for me, a bit of a downgrade but still worthy of being called a delicious meal. I can taste all the different textures of the salad I am eating such as the fresh lettuce and the old baguette we put in to make It taste like croutons and the silky smooth salad dressing which had a slight chill to it, this is perfect on a hot day like today.

Then I find myself bored by myself and lonely.

Augustas Maskellis