Nourishment and Erasure

The greatest desire of the human soul is to be fully witnessed.

To be known not in fragments, but in totality. In full fidelity.

Indeed, radically witnessing another soul is the most holy love one can give. To do so borders the divine.

A love without possession or illusion. To love someone without the self.

A brief immolation of the self, not to consume, but to become empty hands capable of cradling another soul.

The soul is a finite resource under infinite pressure. To be loved without possession is liberating, sanctity from suffocation.

A 27 year old man lives in San Francisco. He survived desecration. He graduated early. Taught himself programming. Now he works at a large tech company.

He did everything right.

He rests beside his husband.

He decorates his home.

He sobs.

He finally has roots that nourish.

But no one, not even his husband, will ever fully hold him.

He will die happy. But he will die without being witnessed.

His soul erased.