Words of Wisdom

Will you be there?

Went to Michael Jackson's, "This is it"

I have always believed Michael Jackson to be an amazing singer. To think he was able to sing and have his music remain popular for such a huge length of time, his entire life. I did not judge him and his actions like many people did. While I may not have agreed with them, one thing remained constant and that was my unconditional love of his music. He wanted people to see and understand the world, our world, and the people in it. Take the time to listen to this song, and then answer the question,
"Will you be there"

And...

And someone must win
and someone must lose

and always the winner looks proud
and the loser looks forlorn.

Gone

My heart will never find again
the love I found in you,
and whole I will never be
your memories make me blue

The feelings that I once did know
deep inside my soul,
left me fractured, and alone
they take the final toll.

My dear friend

I sit in the beach chair
next to his,
And then I tell him
how I love to run,
but I don't want to run
in a herd

and I don't like watching people
worry about fast and faster and fastest
and about
winning and losing

He is nodding and finally he says,
"You stick to your guns honey"
and I say,
"but they say I will regret it"

and he says,
"Do you think you will regret it?"

And I say,
"No-but they think I am wrong,
that I can't know
what I will regret"

and he says,
"When I stopped running races
everyone told me I was wrong
and everyone told me I would regret it"

He looks at the photo of himself
with the trophy.

I ask him,
"And did you regret it?"

He shifts his gaze to me-
"Not for one tiny minute"
he says.

Occasional Affirmation

Trust is held in our hands as an object crafted from the finest glass. One jolt or touch and the whole thing will shatter.

Vanished

Hope has closed the only door,
and thrown away the key
thick blackness slowly covers her,
until she cannot see.

In the end a salty lake,
where no one stops to pause
No tender kiss, no strong embrace,
a silent last applause.

It's what you do about it.

Justice does not exist.

This is not a sour view of the world
but instead an accurate report
of what the world is like.
Justice is simply a concept.
But we tend to demand that fairness
be a part of our relationships
with others.

"It isn't fair"
"Would I do that to you?"
These are the sentences we use when we
seek justice, and we use the lack of it
as a justification for our unhappiness.

If someone decides to love another,
they are not being unfair,
they are simply being.

Whatever the reason, it has
nothing to do with you.

Choose to see this as
something between two people
rather than something
against yourself.

The upset rest solely
on your own shoulders.

Just wait.

Grandma used to always tell me
don't run out
when a boy came over
to my house.

Wait, make him
come to the door
and get you
like a gentleman.

Pausing for a moment,
but a moment only
and down the driveway gone.

If she was still alive
I would tell her,

No worthwhile dream
comes around full circle
to a certain end.

Then

And I can see
blue sky again,
not just remember
what it was like.

A brighter smile
released me,

by taking you away.

Run

In the middle of the dark night
I ran
I pound the dirt
with my feet
and ran farther and faster,
as if I could run
right out of my life.