The Perfect Storm

It's been a long time since my last post. But I was laying in bed thinking about a statement I heard and it got my head going. (we've seen where that goes in the past-haven't we?) At the risk of being a little rusty in my writing, I beg you to bear with me on this one.

The Perfect storm.

What does that even mean?

DO NOT SAY "its a movie" - I'll lose my shit.

But According to Wikipedia its defined as this;

A perfect storm is a confluence of events that drastically aggravates a situation.

I heard someone say this to describe his 'relationship' with someone I know. Are they the confluence of events? I've also seen it described as An unusually intense storm pattern. More appropriate? Probably. Either way, its definition is completely subject to perception. Isn't it? Wouldn't one persons definition of a perfect storm be different than the man standing beside him? Or when it comes to emotions and matters of the heart- and head; is just a way of trying to find the words to describe the incredibly overwhelming fact that what you have found is, in fact, unusually rare. It shocks you, excites you and scares the shit out of you all at the same time. (And I'm pretty sure that there is very little wiggle room in the definition of rare) But I have heard it said as "how rare?"


Well then. To answer to one of the stupidest questions I've ever heard...


Its So rare, that the instant intensity consumes you. It Makes your head swirl with questions that have no answers and emotions that fuck up any answers that you could even consider reasonable. Your logical mind tries to walk you through the right and wrong, the good and bad, and the practical and impractical. But, unfortunately, We all know that our logical mind doesn't have a fucking leg to stand on. Sure, you may act on your logic- but the 'what if' part of you still roams free in the privacy of your own mind. A place where you can explore any option, whenever you want. The safest place to consider all the things that we would never allow ourselves to say out loud. Entertain the most illogical ideas and later dismiss them as impossible. Or keep them tucked away for when you need to hold onto something that cannot be. We settle for less in hopes of it being enough.


We spend our whole lives holding onto the hope that 'the perfect storm' exists and when we experience it, we were only watching from the shoreline cause we were too afraid we might drown. It really does make me wonder how many things we miss out on because we're too afraid or have our 'can't' reasons or 'won't' reasons. Somethings we may not have even known we wanted until it was full force in front of our faces, and it's now being turned away, while we hide behind protective shutters and barricaded doors. What are you going to do when the storm is stronger than the shutters and doors?

You can keep yourself protected for as long as you want. Roaming through your own mind, content with the idea that you get to experience some of the storm, but only from a safe place. But, if it truly is 'The perfect storm,' at some point, the strength of it will break through. And You will have to sink or swim- and either way, you're going to get wet.