Saturday, March 6, 2010

Helsinki when it is the coldest


A child asks her mother where snow comes from.
She says it comes the sky, from the heaven.
I thought to myself she the sky is her limit.


You took my hand,
and before I knew I fell.

It was my first time ice-skating.

There are boundaries only if you create ones for yourself.
I stood up and fell again.

You laughed.
Kindly with a smile.


They have snow in the churches, too.
You are lying.
No, no, honestly.
You are playing with me.
No, I am completely serious. Go and see for yourself.
They really have snow in the churches? I asked with a great wonder.

And then I remembered...


...there were no boundaries for imagination either.


You loved snow
almost as much you loved me, you had said.


This is Helsinki, you said proudly.
This is where my home --

I wanted to interrupt you and say you live with me now --

was until I met you.


We have some buildings that are unfortunate enough to be unloved
for most their lives...


...and then we have others that only know unloved
as a word, not an emotion.


And you? I asked.

I am the fortunate enough, you replied
and kissed me in the snow.

6 comments:

  1. aww... this is so sweet!! Your blog is so beautiful and so touching!

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  2. Thanks for your comment. Thanks for being honest about how you feel about fashion blogs in general. I'm happy that mine does bring you joy.

    I toured around your blog and I really enjoyed the atmosphere you've created - your personal style in words and pictures pushes through in a wonderful way. I enjoy the way you give cities identities, almost like personalities, which they really are. To me Paris, my home city, is a moody grand old lady... smelling Chanel 5 and whisking away on her high heels in a rather nonchalant yet captivating manner.

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  3. nitin i love these, and the captions, and the faded look, how do you achieve such a tone? it's so beautiful. i am in love with every single variation of your blue.

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  4. fairy tale pictures for someone who lives in a country where one rarely sees snow. :)thanks for commenting on my blog or i would never have found the world you live in ... or you. :) blessed be

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