All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold
April 18th, 2012 12:04PM
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don’t need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.
April 15th, 2012 4:52PM
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
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| — | Eleanor Roosevelt |
April 11th, 2012 6:37PM
I seem to recognize your face
haunting, familiar, yet i can’t seem to place it
cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
lifetimes are catching up with me
all these changes taking place, i wish i’d seen the place
but no one’s ever taken me
hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away…
hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away…
i swear i recognize your breath
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
me, you wouldn’t recall, for i’m not my former
it’s hard when, you’re stuck upon the shelf
i changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
perhaps that’s what no one wants to see
i just want to scream…hello…
my god its been so long, never dreamed you’d return
but now here you are, and here i am
hearts and thoughts they fade…away…
hearts and thoughts they fade…away…
hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away…
hearts and thoughts they fade…
I can’t wait for Titanic 4D, when they actually flood the movie theatre and people start drowning- and they turn the air conditioning all the way up so it’s really like you’re a part of the movie..
-In just a matter of days it will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic (April 15, 1912).
April 9th, 2012 1:53PM
I’m beyond relieved that I’ve found this new-found passion to go back to school and get an education. It may have taken me four solid years but hey, I’m doing something about it now. Not only that, but I’m actually excited to start a new chapter of my life. I’ve even considered writing a collection of chapters about the last couple years of my life- the good, the bad and even the ugly. I’d entitle it, The Things I Did While You Were Away at College or Portrait of a Girl.
I’ve been a witness to where I can end up, the person I will inevitably become if I don’t do something about it now. It’s so easy to settle for less then you deserve in hopes of a future that may or may not ever arrive. So instead of settling even further I’ve decided to come out of my coccoon of comfort and explore what else is out there for me. And there IS a world of opportunity just outside my reach but if I don’t reach out and grasp it- it’ll flutter away and leave a trail of dreams that I never even tried to chase. So I’m done sitting around and waiting for opportunity to crawl into my lap.
Here’s a toast to new beginnings.
