Monday, September 04, 2006

we're in this together - nine inch nails

Early this morning i asked the ghost girl if she knew what it was that was going on but it was strange because it was like she couldn't hear me anymore because it seemed she could hear me but nothing i said was getting through to her, so we sat around in silence for most of the evening and i felt a little better about playing my guitar in front of her. I wrote a song that i thought sound really lovely and i was going to call it 'my little ghost girl' and even though it was just music and no words i was really happy with it but i woke up and i'd forgotten it which made me a bit sad.

I spent all day out in the sun just digging and i wasn't really thinking about anything and late in the afternoon i sat in one of the holes all sweaty and something in the dirt caught my eye so i dug at it and i found a necklace that had a beautiful kind of pattern on it i can't really explain and there was an engraving in it that was really small so i had to climb out of the hole and get some sun on it to read it properly but it said 'all my love for you, Ayla,' and something about it made me sad, and i surveyed all my holes and i realised that i simply didn't feel like digging anymore.

I went to Andy's shop and Andy said 'done yet?' and i said 'yep,' and he said 'hooboy! When we get to fill it with water?' and i said 'not it, Andy, them,' and he said 'what do you mean?' so i took him out into the field with the holes and he said 'what's this?' and i explained to him that i had read in a magazine that there was this new thing coming in that was personalised pools and people were really digging it because they could just sit there soaking in the water and bathing in the sun and not worry about other people getting in their way and they could keep drinks and reading materials all close like for convenience and Andy spent a long time looking at the holes saying nothing and i was worried he was going to get mad but he said 'oh my friend you wait till i tell Terry he's going to flip! this is the best thing ever! oh my god how can i repay you my friend?' but i told him not to worry about it because i just felt like digging my way to some sort of goal for somebody.

When i got back to the cottage i put some acoustic alchemy on and i lay on the floor and stared at the ceiling and my whole body was so heavy i felt like maybe i would never move again but i closed my eyes and i didn't fall asleep so for a long time i just let the music go through one ear and out the other and my mind felt empty and light and everything just seemed to be ok for the while.

I wonder how the days pass for the ghost girl, in that empty nothingness that eats up her day? I wonder how many nights she has gone without company? I would like to give her this necklace i found but it makes me sad that she could never wear it.

Maybe she will appreciate the gesture anyway.

Blake out.

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