The Ephemeral Being of Journals

[this too shall pass.]

Journal was defined as ephemeral in the 17th century, according to the OED's entry for the adjective journal; a century earlier ephemeral referred to a disease that begins and ends in a day. 

This blog will be nothing more than that brief, awkward glimpse into the life of the girl who lives next to you, illuminated by the reflections of celestial bodies for but a moment before the clouds enshroud all and leave you alone again; this blog will be nothing more than the hint of light that beckons from beneath her doorway down the hall; this blog will be nothing more than the unbearable beauty of the almost-kiss of the love affair that never was and never will be, just a touch of neon love that leaves you both changed, forever, yet cannot stay, leaving everything else just a bit grey forever and ever amen.

Ephemeral, this blog too shall pass.