Running Away

Am fascinated by reports of the New Orleans evacuation for the hurricane.

While a lot of the focus is on the evacuation and the effects of the hurricane. I wonder about the folks who choose to stay. How lonely that must be.... to have the whole world not understand what you are doing.

I can understand why they stay actually.... perhaps they are afraid of what they will find when they do try to run with the rest... that they are truly lonely and alone in the world. Running smack into the emptiness that they have been trying to avoid via work and domestic routines.

At least it is not so apparent when you stay.