About this blog

In Toronto, there is a nightly news magazine called T.O. Night aimed at the commuter crowd. One of the
features that it contains is a section called Shout Out where readers can send a short message, rant, note...
to someone, or to anyone...

I started sending Shout Outs to the woman that I am in love with. Not all of them are published in
T.O. Night - and once the magazine is tossed, so too is the shout out...

Here are most of the shout outs that I have submitted - and some of my other writings to
The Lady on the Train...




Tuesday, 3 January 2012

While waiting on a bench...

The morning is black and cold - a sharp, hard, take your breath away cold. We draw into ourselves, huddle with our coats and scarves, blowing into cupped hands and cover our ears. 

The air is sharp in our lungs and makes our breath visible. We hold ourselves in but the cold still seeps past the layers and chills us. Even the sounds of wheels or metal or our own voices seem harder - pebbles in our mouths and landing on our ears. 

As the darkness fades and we slide toward the day, this day will turn into a diamond. Cold, hard, yet bright - the sun will shine and dazzle our eyes with splintered light.

And if we are lucky, we will find some sheltered spot and feel the warmth of the pale sun on our faces, despite the cold.  We will be reminded of warmer days spent in the sun - and we will feel the promise of summer's return...

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