Windows

Windows

Many of us wake up each morning and look out of our windows to greet the new day; bad or good. We need these windows to bring the fresh air of today into our homes while letting the bad and stale air of yesterday out of them.

Some of us prefer to leave our windows wide open, welcoming sunlight and the gentle breeze; nature in all its beauty. We accept everything that may enter our homes.

Some of us choose to curtain our windows to blur what we see. It makes our visions of the outside world vague while veiling us from that outside world. Somehow, we find comfort in the deluding shadows and indistinct shapes, seen through the thick layers fabric, that seem harmless, yet far from it, and anything but real.

While others, would rather have their windows shut to keep out the storm and harsh chills; hoping that one day, it will be safe again to open the windows. Sometimes, that day never comes.

Yet, there are those of us who wish not to have any windows at all and neither wish nor find the need to view or link ourselves to the outside world; keeping us in and keeping them out.

However, whether we prefer to have our windows opened, shut, curtained or not have them at all, it is still a fact that before any of this is possible, there must first be a solid concrete wall that divides and separates us from the world outside.