May 10, 2006
Simon Says
"Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth. Names and religion come just after date of birth. Then everybody gets a tongue to speak and everyone hears an inner voice. A day at the end of the week to wonder and rejoice."
"But if I ever get back to the twentieth century, guess I'll have to pay off some debts. Open the book of my vanishing memory, with its catalogue of regrets. Stand up for the deeds I did and those I didnt do. Sit down, shut up, think about God, and wait for the hour of my rescue."
"And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Whos gonna love you when your looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill."
"Wrong again. I could be wrong again. I remember once in August 1993 I was wrong, and I could be wrong again."
"Because you cannot walk with the holy if you're just a halfway decent man, I dont pretend Im a mastermind with a genius marketing plan. Im trying to tap into some wisdom. Even a little drop will do. I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before Im through."
"Acts of kindness, like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest, lead us past dangers as light melts the darkness. But I dont believe, and Im not consoled. I lean closer to the fire, but Im cold."
"There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime. When your eyes are blind with tears, but your heart can see: Another life, another galaxy."
"Outta here. How am I gonna get outta here? Im thinking outta here. When am I gonna get outta here? And when will I cash in my lottery ticket, and bury my past with my burdens and strife? I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden, and make every lover the love of my life."
"Oh my God. First love opens like a flower. A black bear running through the forest light holds me in her sight and power. But tricky skies, your eyes true, the future is beauty and sorrow. Still. I wish that we could run away and live the life we used to. If just for tonight and tomorrow."
Posted by todd at May 10, 2006 01:47 PM