{"id":12277,"date":"2025-05-25T10:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/?p=12277"},"modified":"2025-05-25T10:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:31:48","slug":"i-gotta-get-outta-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/?p=12277","title":{"rendered":"I Gotta Get Outta The Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m rarely left utterly speechless. I can&#8217;t recall many times in which someone left me gasping, desiring, wondering, wanting some more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My words may have put the thought in her head, but our meeting was most surely her idea, and it had to be quick and discreet. No shenanigans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She suggested coffee or breakfast. I went with breakfast. Coffee&#8217;s too transient, and I wanted sufficient time to get through any nervousness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strange, but not a stranger. Twas a first meeting, and I didn&#8217;t hold any expectations. I drove around beforehand. It wasn&#8217;t anxiety, but curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. That&#8217;s all it was: just curiosity..&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jim Morrison <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-8.27.35\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-8.27.35\u202fAM.png 701w, https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-8.27.35\u202fAM-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mama.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Delbert McClinton &amp; Dick50; &#8216;Mama&#8217;s Little Baby&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw her while walking to the door. Beautiful with a big smile, I instantly knew it was her. Even among a crowd, she was beaming, she was radiant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intriguing, with an outer layer of demure shyness, she was holding back a core of ungoverned passion. Primal instincts coupled with a fierce desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation was effortless. We talked and shared and laughed like we&#8217;ve known each other for years. It was hard not to think about a kiss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How will her lips feel with mine? Will my hands shake and tingle touching her face? Will she look into my eyes when we kiss? Will she smile for me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">William Shakespeare<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-9.25.56\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-9.25.56\u202fAM.png 524w, https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-9.25.56\u202fAM-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/voodoo.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Susan Tedeschi; &#8216;Voodoo Woman (Album Outtake)&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I often pride myself on words, writing, and my ability to notice things, and she makes me feel like an amateur &#8211; like a mere dilettante. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orange wedges, the shaking of my leg, the jingling of my belt; she even best articulated that awkward excitement when we got physically close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life is little more than a series of subtle events. A touch of a hand, a light brush of an arm, standing close to each other outside. One after another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The energy was tangible. We could feel it, but not act upon it. We wanted to kiss, to touch, to hold, but we had to leave those things to imagination.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-10.13.07\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-10.13.07\u202fAM.png 567w, https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-25-at-10.13.07\u202fAM-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/neuroticattorney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imagin.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Temptations; &#8216;Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m rarely left utterly speechless. I can&#8217;t recall many times in which someone left me gasping, desiring, wondering, wanting some more. My words may have put the thought in her head, but our meeting was most surely her idea, and it had to be quick and discreet. No shenanigans. She suggested coffee or breakfast. 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