a world without cracks...how would anything grow?

I knew what you meant. I could hear every unuttered thought in the silence of your stare. You were not free - are not free. But I am free. So up I grow, nurtured with memories. I was not perfect, neither were you. You were afraid, I was not. I think that, someday, you will be glad that you knew me. I am already glad that I knew you. You taught me to see myself. I taught myself to love what I see.

hmmm

If I fall in the forest and a mossy-rooted tree decides to eat me, I don't think that I will ask for your help. Thanks anyway!

frustrating

Just now, when we spoke, it was like climbing a huge sand dune -
each step was an existential crisis.

me

I wish that I were prettier, smarter, more clever, more graceful. I wish that my collar bone was more than a mere hint, and that my ankle wasn't perma-swollen from all of the sprains. I wish that I were more funny, quicker on the up-take, less concerned with what others think, and a little more concerned with my appearance. I wish that I knew how to manage time, charge my cell phone, gracefully admit that I'm wrong, and not procrastinate. I wish that my awkwardness would vanish when I am near a man who is too handsome for his own good. I wish that I were more patient, less presumptuous, and could leave a phone message with a duration of less than a minute. I wish that I enjoyed wakefulness more than dreaming, and exercise more than a tasty piece of cake...

...but then I would have no blushes, and no reason to hit people's shoulders when I am teased. I would be just a little less real.

...what will you become?

wait

I don't want you to know me all that well.
So, for today, I am Istanbul. You are a tourist.

I would never have seen you, I was floating along, ignoring the earth.
He said, "Lindy, you'll want to see this. Shhh, slowly."

I miss you...it makes me sad.

"She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message:
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."

-Carl Sagan

learning to stand, alone...therein lies the rub.

"It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."
-Marianne Williamson

honesty

Someday, I will be brave enough...

fight!

That's right, cluckster! Your mom was a HEN, and your dad ate WORMS!! You heard me.