Tonight in Beirut (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
O let me bathe my soul in colours;
let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow…
— Khalil Gibran
While I was getting stuck with needles today at my acupuncture appointment in Beirut, my Lebanese acupuncturist said that she’s been giving herself acupuncture this week–to ease her stress from all the bombs. From today’s sherbert sunset on the sea, you’d never know that there were rockets falling, mock bombings, or border wars near these shores. Helpless to stem the turbulent tide of tit for tat, some are seeking serenity on the side of the sea, and among the cedar trees. I’ve even heard it said that between the mortar shells and the sea shells lie millions of moments like grains of sand, where all fear disappears, and gone are the sun and the sea and the sky and the me…
