I am not always the sharpest tool in the shed. Especially when it comes to matters of a personal nature. While metaphors may be completely obvious to some, I’m a bit slow on the uptake. It helps to write things out. So these are the representations that I’ve come up with.
- The oldest profession
Woman compromises self to serve man - A situation with no apparent choice; no alternatives
The decision to file for divorce - Office building
Business, not personal - Modern architecture, pecan colored wood with smoked glass windows
Warm, clean, new, private, not foreboding, not seedy. Legitimate. - Receptionist
Judge; court system. The avenue or agent through which the arrangements for a different life are made. - Room 3D
The way to a multi-dimensional life - The clientele; young, pleasant people, having fun, comfortable with themselves, on a journey
Representative of another life, freedom, happy-go-lucky, adventure - A black man and a white man
Things are black and white (or not black and white) - Broken glasses
Flawed perspective - Shattered right lens
The right perspective or view is not available or impossible to see clearly - Expensive glasses
Perspective is valuable and important - Skinny blond, getting ready to party
Representative of fun - RV/ATV
Recreational vehicle is representative of play. Specifically an ATV; all terrain, flexible, rugged, can handle all situations - Condoms
Safety, care, caution, no compromise. - Female condoms
Take care of self - Clear and shiny color
Obvious, nothing is hidden. Honest. Truthful. - Two-pack
Doubly or twice as significant or important - They were the first choice
This is significant - Purple package
Royal? External appearance not necessarily indicative of what’s inside - Black condoms
Unclear, shrouded, dark, not fully trustworthy? –or, over the hill, as in black balloons - Arcade lights, corner shopping center
Vegas? - White pjs
Innocent sex life? - Kids left alone
Where was their dad and why wasn’t he watching them? Unavailable. Not there. Out of the picture. Unable to count on or depend upon. - Allowing myself to question the situation
Fear and confusion can completely disarm, and trick us into thinking we are trapped with no alternatives - Field
Open. No secrets.
I think, through this exercise, the thing that jumped out at me the most, is the part about the importance of taking care of myself. And maybe also that no matter what I decide, whether to go through with this divorce or dismiss it, that it will be okay.
