One window is a life

A room can be loved for its window more than its furniture. A pane. A bit of weather. Proof the world kept going while you washed a plate.

Lifestyle, as the magazines mean it, is a house you cannot afford and a calm you cannot keep. Real lifestyle is cheaper. Stand at the glass. Notice the color. Let it in.

The boats in the harbor don’t hurry because someone is watching. The flowers don’t perform. They face the water and that’s plenty.

If your window looks at a brick wall, look anyway. Light still finds brick. You still live here.