Dear Murtaza:

It is right after 7 pm Friday here, and where you are- it’s right after 5 am Saturday, the coolest time of the day to come. I am listening to the PBS news in the background, the talk is about the elections in Iran, the bordering country to yours, and about the U.S. democracy having almost been lost, a democracy still in danger.

I read your recent post a few times, and there is so much in it, so much emotion, so much love. I think that you need to be loved like you loved your former female friend, to be loved like a piece of art, a painting: not to be analyzed, dissected and judged by societal standards, but instead- to be appreciated/ loved for the appreciating, loving human-artform  that you are.

I am tired and I hope that I am making sense. I will be back to your thread in about 11 hours.

anita