10 things

10 things i like about you:
1. You are crazy and funny
2. You are the most adventurous person i know
3. The sound of your voice....
4. Your daring and courage.
5. You are shrewd.
6. You are a believer and a doer.
7. You listen.
8. You love life.
9. You are full of ideas and surprises.
10. You are (almost) as much of a workaholic as I am.

10 things I admire about you
1. Your strength
2. Your virility
3. Your take-charge approach to matters
4. Your tastes
5. Your thorough maleness
6. Your intelligence
7. Your way with people
8. Your knowledge
9. Your perceptions
10. Your savviness.

In and Out of Time

by Maya Angelou

The sun has come
the mists have gone
we see in the distance
our long way home

I was always yours to have
you were always mine
we have loved each other
in and out of time

When the first stone looked up at the blazing sun
and the first tree struggled up from the forest floor
I have always loved you more

You saw me bludgeoned by circumstance
lost, injured, hurt by chance

I screamed to the Heavens
loudly screamed
trying to change our nightmares
into dreams

The sun has come
the mists have gone
we see in the distance
our long way home

I was yours to have
and you were always mine
we loved each other
In and out of time

---

I would never admit to anyone - ever - who i think of every time i read this poem

Dear White fella

Coupla ting you orta No
Firstly,
When I am born, I'm black
When I grow up, I'm black
when I get sick, I'm black
When I go out ina sun, I'm black
When I'm cold, I'm black
When I get scared, jees I'm black
And when I die, I'm still black

But white fellah...
when you born, you pink
When you grow up, you white
When you sick, you green
When you ina sun, you go red
When you cold, you go blue
When you get scared, you yellow
And when you die, you purple

And you got the cheek to call me colored??

We sigh for the joys that were coming, and never came;
We sit in the dark and weep, with our hearts aflame;
We feel the crush and the grind of the silent mill
Feel the crush and the grind, while our lips are still.

What, then! shall we spurn our life as a broken thing ?
Shall we fling a curse in the face of Heaven’s King ?
Happy is he who keepeth his trust through all;
He may shrink and shiver, and falter, but shall not fall.

By Ellen P. Allerton.
(last two verses)

for the first time in a very long time, i am thirsty for a stiff drink

it's the only thing that truly relaxes me. that and a good cry during a good movie.

i dont consider myself an imbiber. I'll take a sip or two glasses or even an entire bottle if I'm in exceptionally good company, and then I wont think about the stuff for months

but today - i wish someone would pour me a stiff drink.

i saw my ex today. he's doing so well - new suit, new car, new girl... the works... and I havent even raised 1/3 of my rent due 2moro yet.

life sucks sometimes.

how about that drink?

Unexpected friends

There are those unexpected high moments that will stay with one forever. Sometimes you just have to stand still and let the good stuff pour in.........

When the dark closes in hard
And the walls of my fortress of faith
Crumble in on me
When it seems like the end
Not a measure of strength to spend
I see the hand of a stranger stretched out
Toward me

With some unexpected friends
Never asking where I have been
Just a hand of mercy and words of kindness
Call me back again
Oh, it feels like home
With unexpected friends

A soothing balm for the lows
I walk through along the way
A shared prayer giving courage
And hope for another day
Through the help of my friends

Ones I may never see again
Seems like angels that were
sent by heaven for me

With some unexpected friends
Never asking where I have been
Just a hand of mercy and words of kindness
call me back again
Oh, it feels like home
With unexpected friends

-Sandi Patti

Nothing new under the sun....

19 years - gone

Mon amie ma seule confidente
Ne pleure toutes les larmes de ton corps
Il s'en va mais remonte la pente
Rien n'est vraiment grave exceptee la mort

Tu peux eblouir ta vie
Avec l'ombre d'une chance
Quand tu crois que tout fini
C'est l'instant ou tout commence
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