Tag: love
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The familiar place
I know what I have to do. I have to hold my ground. Conquer anger with more anger Demand everything. But also— None of this at all. It’s safe. It doesn’t matter how close they get. The pain always pushes me away to a place I know by heart. Keep going to the place that…
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A Real Hero
Do you know the difference between a heroic and a tragic life? It is telling the truth Or keeping a secret For a long time I thought I had a tragic life Because I always told the truth and got in trouble In a family that wants to keep secrets Or I told the truth…
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Encontré un amor
Un amor en todas las formas Un amor en todas las dimensiones No importa en qué estado de ánimo sea No importa en qué canción escuchó Si estoy de humor para la luz y la curación O para llevar el vestido y cocinar O para luchar O para destruirme de mí mismo Ahí estás Cuando…
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I found a love
Love is a many splendoured thing Love in many forms A love in every dimension No matter what mood I’m in No matter what song I hear If I’m in the mood for light and healing Or for dresses and cooking Or for fighting Or for self destruction There you are When i curl up…
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I miss you
My brother died on Friday and I was given the news today. I think the first thing I had to do was to be strong for my parents I was the one that was always good at everything. In that respect I don’t have a lot of regard for human weakness. I think he taught…
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Maths
I’ve been good at math But there were some hard problems I couldn’t solve And I would rather distract myself So I ran away And tried to solve everyone else But you come with your tools and skills and experience And you know how to make things easier So I can stop running nervously lying…
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Songs on the beach
They’re playing a guitar and violin rendition of The Weight. Take the load off Annie… I’m sitting on the beach in the dark wondering why I don’t have the kind of friends who would play a stupid loud passionate covers of songs on the beach I’m trying to solve the mystery of why I have…
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Sunset
I came late to the beach After the sun had set for some time Only a trailing red light near the edge of the horizon that left a memory that it was there And I felt peaceful And regretted missing the sunset But knowing the sun would have burned my fragile skin Knowing it was…
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Día y día
Every evening around 6:15 I wake up from a nap and reach for a song and I think of you it feels as if you’ve arrived suddenly Like I can turn on your thoughts like a light switch And I fall in love Day by day Little by little To our ordinary lives To rest…
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The digits of pi
I was reading an article online about how they calculated the digits of pi They used to approximate it by using a polygon with so many sides that it could resemble a circle, like a 29,000-gon And I think from someone looking at it they might think it was a circle and not just a…
SUBLIME COURAGE 