I Miss People. Like, Really.

I know that's vague. Super vague. But I do. I'm a very much so people-centered person. I love knowing people. I love being around people. I hate not knowing people. I hate not being around people. Specifically the people that I love knowing.

I've had a couple friends visit the U.P. since I moved back upstate. Mainly my closest ones. Mainly the Cox boys.... Yeah that's about it actually, which is kind of sad. My other closest friends kinda relocated a little bit too. Not like a days travel away or anything, but just far enough for trips not to really fit into my schedule on the daily. Which also sucks.

When I'm with my friends, I'm a different person. Not literally. I'm not insane or anything. I don't go crazy. I don't act super wild and rambunctious. I'm just, a lot more open? More comfortable being myself? I guess that's true for a lot of people, really...

Another thing that I do with my friends is vent. I'll talk and talk and listen to them, and listen some more, and we'll just kind of be there for each other. It's super nice. I don't have that all the time anymore, so whatever energy or emotions that I have inside of me for the day or week or whatever, I have to more somewhere else. Which is typically in the form of writing.

You can tell by my frequent inactivity on this blog that this isn't my primary outlet. I do a lot of writing either in a notebook that I got from touring the Andrews University Architectural and Interior Design department a couple years back, and in Google Docs.

A while back, I had drawn out this little landscape thing in the AU-AID notebook. I was pretty proud of it. Then I decided, I'm gonna write a story in that land. Forgot about it. A bit later I remembered. My mother had just purchased a little whittling set for me to experiment with, because I think I probably wanted it so I could design/create more things. I took it and carved that same little world into a chunk of wood. As of present day, I'm doing some writing whenever I can to bring life to this little world that I've put this effort into.

It's nice to be able to control something indefinitely in life. To be the one in charge. Maybe that's part of why I enjoy it so much.

Anyway, I wanted to share a segment or two that I've written with you, in hopes of any critiquing or positive thoughts that might contribute to the cause. Here's one or two:

As water tumbles down from Seven Falls, collecting at the bottom in a pool of wondrous proportion, flowing towards the open sea, the earth and sky shake. The water sweeping across the land, flying through the air, from Middle Fall alone, is enough for one to think the earth will soon be dry. The thunderous roar drowns out all other details, boring into previously distinguishable senses with no intent of release. The rocks below, jutting out towards the heavens, pierce the cascades, splitting with unmatched precision and consistency.

Clouds assemble amidst a darkening sky. The sun fades from its former glory, hiding among the heavens. A crackle sounds distantly, a soft, yet sharp, reminder of the impending storm. Seconds pass, and where the crackling stops, a powerful clap of thunder resounds. The rain, at one time peacefully showering down upon the earth, now comes in sheets of unnatural proportions. The earth drinks it in, falling behind in its race to keep up with the oncoming torrent.

Those were two different sections that I've written over the past little bit. I hope you liked them. Let me know either way I guess.

This post was basically me just letting you know what I do to cope with a current and or frequent absence of close friends. Not that I don't have friends. You get the point.

Hopefully this helped somebody with something, even if it was just making you aware of a different way to cope with something. I don't know what you got out of this, for I'm not you, nor do I plan to be. I hope it was good though.

I'm posting this tomorrow so that people will actually see it. That's why that thing says midnight. That's all.

-Dominic Romeo

11:42 PM EST

8/24/2020