He woke up, the room was bare. He didn't see her anywhere. He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide

I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly. Why muck and conceal one's true longings and loves, when by speaking one might find someone to understand them, and by acting on them one might discover one's true self.......... Beauty has always been my god . Everett Ruess