You left me behind thinking I was holding you down,
You walked away thinking all I did was frown,
You didn't look back because you thought it would hurt,
You kept going and all I wanted was to run in spurts,
A long time ago I turn around you were a speck in the horizon,
I ran back to meet you and help you out of the poison,
The plateau was steady and with you whistled and skipped along,
hoping to return to where I was before the day was gone,
I fell down and hurt my knee,
You saw the end and forgot about me,
Lost my way for love,
Lost my way for you,
Now I know how it is,
My love for you got me this,
A life for another will get you shot in the head dear brother.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
True Love will Find you in the End.
Today I watched the Science of Sleep. I've seen it before but for some reason today it resonated with more than ever. It reminded me of my childhood and made me think of love and love lost. It wouldn't be an exaggeration saying that I've loved the way he has; in perpetual dreams of hopeless romanticism. Always wondering if reciprocated feelings are what lie within each of those moments of laughter and mutual respect. Always considering myself so cheap and unimportant, so easily dismissed without hesitation. Lost in the romantic notions of one not unlike the cowardly lion. I've lost love this way and with similar unconscious strategy kept others at bay. Well, long story short it inspired the following. The whole time having my entire life in mind...from kindergarten to college.
True Love will find you in the End.
True love will find you in the end is an honest lie. People will give this to you like a pat on the back, so small and cheap a gesture. Sometimes you can hear the words roll off the rooftops of tall buildings with each gust of wind, you look up and try to catch them with a smile but they become the chatter of your surroundings. They eventually drench your coat like heavy rain. Now, you are walking with the weight of people's stares. There was wonder in each syllable and nostalgia in the punctuation. I never run to get dry, I wear the death I caught like a dunce cap. I hope somehow I'll earn my chance to remove it from my head. I forget to pull my face away from the corner and listen in on the rest of the class. I thought i was brave but someone braver chose to tell me the sky was orange and the smiles of others weren't diamonds but skittles in how easily they're manufactured and how they're sold to all. Now, as i try to see what I saw when I was young, I can only see how diamonds are used to cut through the toughest materials in the world. that can go either way but I'm left in between. Again, wondering why I have and what it is I've seen.
True Love will find you in the End.
True love will find you in the end is an honest lie. People will give this to you like a pat on the back, so small and cheap a gesture. Sometimes you can hear the words roll off the rooftops of tall buildings with each gust of wind, you look up and try to catch them with a smile but they become the chatter of your surroundings. They eventually drench your coat like heavy rain. Now, you are walking with the weight of people's stares. There was wonder in each syllable and nostalgia in the punctuation. I never run to get dry, I wear the death I caught like a dunce cap. I hope somehow I'll earn my chance to remove it from my head. I forget to pull my face away from the corner and listen in on the rest of the class. I thought i was brave but someone braver chose to tell me the sky was orange and the smiles of others weren't diamonds but skittles in how easily they're manufactured and how they're sold to all. Now, as i try to see what I saw when I was young, I can only see how diamonds are used to cut through the toughest materials in the world. that can go either way but I'm left in between. Again, wondering why I have and what it is I've seen.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
What are we looking for?
Like a lot people these days I get some of my news second hand, on you tube, from local papers, some viral video links, FB, the NY times and first and foremost from the dynamic duo over at Comedy Central; Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
I enjoy Jon Stewarts candor and quasi-serious interviews and passionate opinions, although offset by satire and one-liners, still fully effective. I love Stephen Colbert's complete dedication to the persona that has created a country almost as big as the nation of Facebook. One thing I enjoy the most from both shows is that hidden behind all the layers of comedic distortion you'll find an honest passion about the situations that effect us all to the extent that they become the target of controversy and in this case ridicule. These guys are the kings of the hook, line and sinker.
One of the biggest pieces of news radiating from this duo is the upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Restore Fear, Washington Mall, Washington D.C. Like everyone else, I can't wait to see who shows up, what the topics of choice will be and what the aftermath will look like. However, I've recently read an article by Timothy Noah over at Slate about this Rally and how it is a bad idea for Democrats and Democracy in general. I wont go into detail about the article, you can read it for yourself, but I will mention this; he has a great point. Mr. Noah argues that Stewart and Colbert may have bitten off more than they can chew. The Rally has gone from a fun way to exploit they're following to create a dynamic and completely immersed form in which to extend from hook, line and sinker to chum, net and tug boat.
I personally feel that since the announcing of this Rally I have placed a keen eye on a lot of key issues and created an anticipation that now seems may be unsatisfied. One thing that I'm hoping, I'm sure that I am not alone in this, that some big names/players will step in the game with a little more than free buses to and stays in Washington. I think this is the fundamental point in Mr. Noah's article. Stewart and Colbert have stimulated and motivated something passionate, sincere and powerful but it's going to end in heartbreak because at the end of the day, Stewart and Colbert are comedians. Have Stewart and Colbert created a monster? I guess we won't know for sure until the 30th but what I believe will happen is that people, although ready for a live comedy performance, will still carry with them to the Rally a sense of duty and desire to be moved towards a substantial goal delineated by the common mind frame in attendance. Our current situation as a nation and as human beings needs more than exaggerated forms of ineffective solutions from the past. I believe that the people will walk away a little more clear headed about our situation; what is going on is so messed up we need late night Comedy Central to make us rally and tell us "This shit is F***** up!" I guess Comedy Central has always done this (i.e.: South Park) but to organize a political style rally really says something. I am also hoping that people will reflect to an extent that it becomes action and somewhere somehow creates a leader for a movement that is desperately needed. More than a political movement, a movement to evolution: I believe we are at the door of this evolution. I digress.
We are all looking for something to put ourselves behind that encompasses all of the other ideas, movements, political ideologies, social norms people have worked so hard to create for the greater good. If you watch or go to the Rally to Restore Sanity try to keep in mind that it is another door, its up to you.
I enjoy Jon Stewarts candor and quasi-serious interviews and passionate opinions, although offset by satire and one-liners, still fully effective. I love Stephen Colbert's complete dedication to the persona that has created a country almost as big as the nation of Facebook. One thing I enjoy the most from both shows is that hidden behind all the layers of comedic distortion you'll find an honest passion about the situations that effect us all to the extent that they become the target of controversy and in this case ridicule. These guys are the kings of the hook, line and sinker.
One of the biggest pieces of news radiating from this duo is the upcoming Rally to Restore Sanity/March to Restore Fear, Washington Mall, Washington D.C. Like everyone else, I can't wait to see who shows up, what the topics of choice will be and what the aftermath will look like. However, I've recently read an article by Timothy Noah over at Slate about this Rally and how it is a bad idea for Democrats and Democracy in general. I wont go into detail about the article, you can read it for yourself, but I will mention this; he has a great point. Mr. Noah argues that Stewart and Colbert may have bitten off more than they can chew. The Rally has gone from a fun way to exploit they're following to create a dynamic and completely immersed form in which to extend from hook, line and sinker to chum, net and tug boat.
I personally feel that since the announcing of this Rally I have placed a keen eye on a lot of key issues and created an anticipation that now seems may be unsatisfied. One thing that I'm hoping, I'm sure that I am not alone in this, that some big names/players will step in the game with a little more than free buses to and stays in Washington. I think this is the fundamental point in Mr. Noah's article. Stewart and Colbert have stimulated and motivated something passionate, sincere and powerful but it's going to end in heartbreak because at the end of the day, Stewart and Colbert are comedians. Have Stewart and Colbert created a monster? I guess we won't know for sure until the 30th but what I believe will happen is that people, although ready for a live comedy performance, will still carry with them to the Rally a sense of duty and desire to be moved towards a substantial goal delineated by the common mind frame in attendance. Our current situation as a nation and as human beings needs more than exaggerated forms of ineffective solutions from the past. I believe that the people will walk away a little more clear headed about our situation; what is going on is so messed up we need late night Comedy Central to make us rally and tell us "This shit is F***** up!" I guess Comedy Central has always done this (i.e.: South Park) but to organize a political style rally really says something. I am also hoping that people will reflect to an extent that it becomes action and somewhere somehow creates a leader for a movement that is desperately needed. More than a political movement, a movement to evolution: I believe we are at the door of this evolution. I digress.
We are all looking for something to put ourselves behind that encompasses all of the other ideas, movements, political ideologies, social norms people have worked so hard to create for the greater good. If you watch or go to the Rally to Restore Sanity try to keep in mind that it is another door, its up to you.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Soon to be
When you're married to your bewilderment and she thinks your so innocent, the days seem to drag on with no visits from your dreams or campfire places to sing, all un-mending at the seams. Cheap an stoic glances become your breakfast in bed and deep-end swimming the only leisure left in your head. Zoom in on the sleep filled pillow marks and you will find this weary traveler anxiously waiting to embark.
A new journey awaits
There is a little known journey, it keeps me safe but filled with fear. It stirs in me like a trapped tiger, it sings with my smile and laughter a never-ending song of being dragged through dirt and sand. I escape it and look at it as it floats away from above only to find my trail of blood and struggle are gone. It was me but it wasn't. Now I am but I am not.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Singing the blues...
Hey there woman, looking so fine...your love's got me going, up and out of my mind...I took this road alone but when I look at you, I know im home. *nah nah nahnah, nahnah nah nah, naaaah, naaahhh, nahnaaahhh nah nah nah* I dont tremble if i look away but this bottle of whiskey has got something to say...ooooooooooohhhh baby......the world she was my lover but id leave it all for another, another like you...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Just an observation
Seems as if with everything that is happening in this country, this world, we are losing. Losing the battles for OUR countries, the battles against, in this country, an elusive oppression, Losing the battles for a unified voice of peace. We are, on a global level, losing our war for Humanity. It is in our generation that this war will see its end...but without hope we are nowhere, without our own voice we are nothing, all will be lost and Orwellian truths emerge in times when the governed are at their weakest...when those with power have no choice but to use it, use it they shall but always for their benefit. People can be weak but ideas are the burning sun.
Yes, this is a rant and yes I'm probably being cliché and have probably seen one too many movies. However, this doesn't change the fact that no matter where on this beautiful earth you look to you will find a struggle, a struggle that you may not fully understand but know deep inside you that it is a struggle for hope, for peace, for the right of existing and for the right of this very breath. A struggle we are all a part of universally, as human beings, as advocates of the freedoms we so candidly enjoy.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Yes, this is a rant and yes I'm probably being cliché and have probably seen one too many movies. However, this doesn't change the fact that no matter where on this beautiful earth you look to you will find a struggle, a struggle that you may not fully understand but know deep inside you that it is a struggle for hope, for peace, for the right of existing and for the right of this very breath. A struggle we are all a part of universally, as human beings, as advocates of the freedoms we so candidly enjoy.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
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