"Black"

9 February 2017:

"Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn..."
--Pearl Jam, "Black"

When my brother Ryan was in the army and about to head to Korea, we (Christian, Erin, my dad, and I) dropped him off at the airport. As we pulled out of the parking lot, this song came on the radio and Christian said, almost with an almost preternatural touch of elegy, that it made him sad because Ryan liked it. Anyway, since then, I always think of Ryan and that moment when I hear it. It came on today and I thought of him. Sad, but beautiful.