mood: hmm...
music: death cab for cutie - passenger seat

i watched the sunrise this morning. it was a strange katharsis. i'd been afraid to watch the sunrise here after seeing it day after day in france. afraid it wouldn't be as beautiful. but it was. and i found comfort in knowing that the simple things remain constant. waves on the lake still crash softly and soothe me to sleep. clear, starlit skies are still breathtaking. and sunrises still make me sigh a little. though i change - and i know i've changed a great deal during the past week - and my life changes, they stay the same. reminders of who i've been. reflections of who i have yet to be? i don't know. france was an incredibly beautiful and moving experience. my simple (though admittedly unnecessarily esoteric from time to time) grasp of the english language yields no words robust or graceful enough to describe it. i dare say that no words exist to do it justice. only still images in my mind. and i cannot paint pictures quite as beautiful. not yet at least...