well, you know.
when you ain't there
and i can't help but care
and so you understand the gaze
while i remember those days
the unknowing, rowing upstream
no paddle
because everything hinged
on uncertainty and melted clocks and who was the one to take forty knocks down for the count and the bout all over end but dear lord, why?
one if by land,
two if by sea,
three if you're all that will matter to me.
it's nothing less than truth.
while love bleeds and you're begging god, please, down on your knees
pray, people stay, i'm weak, meek, but not broken. unspoken but not loose. this is not a tenuous break but rather, only a hypothetical mistake and i am falling into everything, everything because i want it enough. just a light, feather touch and you are not an angel, but close (enough) because this is that oh-so-elusive third emotion, a wheel in my head turning with the sky (but pounding, pounding, still, pain thrill) and i will.
kiss me, i will wear that dress, woven from stars, we will be who we are. as a vague description of the vagues, pounding like my head! remember? remember the clear, the cold, so cold and it was all, all okay.
but we go numb only briefly, then back to loving so much it hurts me so, and nothing i can do.
rhythm, rock me slowly. come home like the waves.
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if you can't get through one (excellent) song with screaming in it, then how do you expect me to ever agree to listen to country music again?
p.s. uhhh this poem is sort of stunning
whenever i venture into annie's/your car.
now i will just sing really loud annoying songs until you shut it off.
THIS IS WAR
don't make me cry
by that i mean, this poem is really amazing but it makes me kind of really sad.
i like the line "but we go numb only briefly."
i HATE when people get all snobby about music. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TASTE. and when you are in someone's car, being driven around by their goodwill, it is polite to quietly listen to their music and try and find some part of it to appreciate. so that is what we are all going to do. that is the end of the discussion forever.
annie - i wasn't actually going to do that. it was just a challenge so kerri would listen to that song i sent her. which she did just now.
i wouldn't eschew country, i like you guys.
i was going to do "but now am aflame" which would have been slightly more correct but i figure i'd sacrifice meter for what i liked the best.
("burn" sounds a bit violent for me. i know, hypocrisy abounds, etc. etc.)
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