Stripes

Admirable

There she stood.

Isn't that a harmonic way to start a story? I was thinking about this phrase, floating in my head, no, floating through my limbs, through my near environment that I had ignited with my strong feelings for these three words. This phrase with so much different denotations, this phrase that I've read multiple times I don't know where. There she stood. There. She. Stood.

What makes this sentence so satisfying to read? Is it the distance that inspires the mind, wanting to get closer? There! There... There, where everything might be possible. There, where the mind can be nothing but impressed. Unintentionally you want her to be here and not there anymore. But... wouldn't that make it lose it's value? If she was standing here, you would not want her to be here because she already is. Or at least, you would not realise you want her to stand in your humble nearness. It is only when things are not like we would like them to be, that we want them to be that way. Only if you miss something, you truly understand why it was such a pleasure to have experienced or possessed that specific thing. But since you did not experience the presence of this individual yet, you don't know what you are missing. The imagination takes the lead and creates a fantastic story about that magnificent yet unknown place called 'there'. So no, you don't want her to leave her spot. She's standing perfectly as she is standing. Your biggest desire is that your dream about 'there' keeps on going, forever, without anything, not even 'there' itself, to tear this addicting hallucination to pieces.

Or is it She? She is a powerful word, because of it's significance. She can make an entire story sound better. She, like the woman. She, like the person. She, like the state of being. She, like only She can be. To not spoil the magic of She, I will quit writing about this word or about the image behind these three letters. Let yourself go, dearest reader: you will notice that She is more amazing than you could possibly imagine. But be careful, She can transcend your ability to think and admire in such a way that you will be nothing compared to She.

Stood. Past simple tense of 'to stand'. Is it possible that a verb can take the phrase to a new level, able to elicit absolute admiration or even to create dimensions the phrase would never have seen without this word? Yes, it is possible. As she stood there, she gave the impression that she could face every single injustice. Although, as she stood there, she also gave the impression that she could love like only love itself can. But what was the purpose of standing? Do the impressions correspond to the reality? Who can possibly tell? What is certain is that she stood there. Isn't that enough to know? She stood there! Can't you understand what that means? The standing without any known reason is fuel to our imagination. Imagination keeps us seeing life in an admiring way. Admiration brings us down to earth by distinguishing us from the admirable. It reminds us of who we are. And that makes us human beings. That makes us alive or at least conscious of being alive. Her standing there makes us think about us standing here. To me, that is enough.

There she stood. Here I was, wondering how she could stand there so pure, as if every little bit of matter and thought flowed out of her pores, in a pulsating way, through space, on it's way to inspire everyone and everything and affect our sentiments.