almost not here

almost not here

this morning I almost got run over by a car. If I had been walking a little faster than I was I would have been hit in my side by a blue hyundai, and my body parts would have been thrust in different directions in buitengracht street. It took a while to calm down, and I think its really just sunk in that I missed death by a few seconds..

I have been a little sad the past few days + at some point I wished I could be whisked away from my reality to somewhere (anywhere) else.  The irony is that this morning my wish was almost granted.

10 Comments
 
  1. Diaan

    Great shot, very desolate...

  2. yizzi25

    my word!!!
    OMG,
    i think there is a say that goes, "be careful for what you wish for"
    sometimes, what we wish for is not necessarily what we want need in life.
    but anyways, you still alive, hope to see u this Sunday (inshallah) at lundano beach.

  3. Khumbelo

    captured!!!

  4. Buchu

    Brilliantly arid. I would crop out the bin though, if possible.

  5. Buchu

    whoa just read the story
    HECTIC!
    be careful what u wish for

  6. Uno

    Buitengracht and the deceiving green man... we are lured by the friendly insinuating blink and step confidently on the crossing but south african drivers don't care about green men or zebras or real people...
    An old engineer, Lemos Brito, who was teaching us road design at the Architecture Faculty in Maputo once gave us an assignment, to calculate the average value of a human life... his view was that a human life is priceless, so no expenses should be avoided to make roads safer if that means saving lives.
    I'm glad yours was spared, we sigh in relief.
    Cool photo, haunting...

  7. Uno

    Hey! Where's the photo?

  8. Palapala

    A nice picture

  9. Matt

    Beautiful shot...

  10. NguJaz

    phew! what a journey
    the solitute in the image captutes it well

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