today marks my mother's 60th birthday
i am half her age
i also got news of soprano's mother's failing health
and simultaneously i've filled my day with watching over twinkle boy's son
what does it all mean?
palms up.
in moment's like these i can only turn my palms
up.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
fuck obligation
real time.
feel like.
i need distance.
been so inside the grind.
the love.
the give.
the palms up.
feel like.
no poetry.
feel like.
i've neglected my boundaries.
feel like.
i've been opening my door to the wrong people.
damnit.
i hate that feeling.
when palms are covered with fists.
feel like.
i need distance.
been so inside the grind.
the love.
the give.
the palms up.
feel like.
no poetry.
feel like.
i've neglected my boundaries.
feel like.
i've been opening my door to the wrong people.
damnit.
i hate that feeling.
when palms are covered with fists.
Monday, July 18, 2011
turned up
unclenched and turned 'em up
... and this is my life
crazy thing is, it was always here
even with my fists
pounding through these daily battles
1 2 jab- uppercut to the head
undefeated in most rounds
but just battles none the less
i came
and i conquered
these matterless battles
but they did matter
so that now i can turn to these same like-minded battles
with palms up and be the light that tells my opponents:
we ain't even opponents yo
mang... palms up is so much more powerful than fists
... and this is my life
crazy thing is, it was always here
even with my fists
pounding through these daily battles
1 2 jab- uppercut to the head
undefeated in most rounds
but just battles none the less
i came
and i conquered
these matterless battles
but they did matter
so that now i can turn to these same like-minded battles
with palms up and be the light that tells my opponents:
we ain't even opponents yo
mang... palms up is so much more powerful than fists
Thursday, July 14, 2011
laundry day
not always certain why we do the things we do, the in the moment choices we make, never for certain why or how some have the ability to damage us, make our knees buckle, make a heart calloused. don't know when that sunshine might poke it's little light at us, remind us- it's all good, we're human, we were built to stand in the rain. and dance anyway. willing that damn sun to shine on us.
sometimes i wonder if i chose the people in my life or did they choose me. and how incredibly humbling it is when you see yourself in another person.
it's crazy how the sum total of our entire lives- the bruises, the drunk nights, the stages, the kids, the bills, the parents, the fights, the hugs, the endless monotony of work, the never ending excitement of new--- life. its crazy that the total amount of all them yesterdays brings us perfectly into today.
it's my first day off in awhile.
laundry day.
slowing it all down just for a sec.
thanks for dinner.
sometimes i wonder if i chose the people in my life or did they choose me. and how incredibly humbling it is when you see yourself in another person.
it's crazy how the sum total of our entire lives- the bruises, the drunk nights, the stages, the kids, the bills, the parents, the fights, the hugs, the endless monotony of work, the never ending excitement of new--- life. its crazy that the total amount of all them yesterdays brings us perfectly into today.
it's my first day off in awhile.
laundry day.
slowing it all down just for a sec.
thanks for dinner.
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