Proximity, a tricky thing you are. Are you aware that your whimsical patterns could verily take away my sanity at times? I guess you don't know, do you? When you stretch a hundred miles away, you so make me want to know more. Worse, I think much more (an unhealthy amount), regardless of my willingness. But when you close up to just a dance away, you so make me see things I don't want to see. Worse, I wreck something out of nothing, regardless of my willingness again. Is it a loss of willingness or is it a loss of soundness? Maybe willingness lost leads to soundness lost. If I have to choose, is it gonna be faraway or nearby?
Well, I think I'm inclined to nearby but the world map seems to say otherwise. Look at:
[Disclaimer: I'm on no one's side]
Singapore and Malaysia.
Israel and Jordan.
India and China.
Iraq and Iran.
So it seems like more problems will surface with closer proximity. Because the closer you are, the better you know the other; the better you know the other, the more you know about the other; the more you know about the other, the higher your demand/expectation of the other is. Best analogy I can think of... You're bound to get upset if someone were to stain your favourite top. The someone could be a complete stranger or your sister. The question is, who would you stay upset with, the stranger or your sister? Don't answer without thinking because you're probably gonna say it's the stranger without careful consideration. Is it because you love your sister and so you won't stay upset with her? Or/And is it because you don't know that stranger so it's easier to stay upset with him? But think again, the fact that you don't know that stranger is exactly the reason why it's hard to stay upset with him. It's actually..easier to stay upset with someone you know. Reason: A stranger doesn't know who you are and how you are like and because of that, it doesn't matter whether he knows how you feel or not. So why stay upset with him? But you expect someone you know to understand your feelings/emotions better than a stranger, this gives you a convenient reason to remain upset. I'm not saying anyone or I myself will stay upset forever, I'm comparing how different one would react and respond to someone faraway and someone nearby.
How about your faraway? I think I've got a lot to say but I'm sleepy already. All I can think of now..is it absence makes the hearts fonder or is it out of sight, out of mind?
Proximity, but won't you be a little kinder? Don't be such extremist. Because between your faraway & nearby, I don't know which one to choose anymore... I don't wanna sulk at both ends. But if only you could stand in the middle, because middle is just nice. Oh but leaning toward nearby will be nicer I suppose, or rather I want. So don't you rocket from north to south, alright? You tricky little thing.