Over at Avignon in Photos there was a black and white photograph of a man playing the guitar, and the photographer made a note that on the wall behind him, the faded words read, QUELQUN POUR VEILLER SUR MOI. In her translation, she wrote "Someone to look after me", but I lean more towards it meaning "Someone to watch over me." This is a phrase that has been on my mind for quite some time now, after having come to the realization that I am not as strong and independent as I once was... that I am no longer invincible... and that I could surrender to the fact that I might need someone to lean on, if not to watch over me.
I was just thinking back to something I had written around Christmas last year, so I went to look for it and found that the sentiment I expressed seems to be a recurring theme. "The feeling that, even though as a kid, knowing things weren't quite normal, I would still be taken care of. I think I miss that."
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"Someone to watch over me."
Greeaaat, that'll keep my paranoia doing cheetah flips.
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Paranoia is on your list of quirks and foibles? Perhaps a better choice of words might be "hyper alertness"?
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