on the farm

The pond was clear.
Frogs and fish and
Sunlight dancing on the raft
Where we all floated
Content to let the light kiss our shoulders and
The breeze do our hair

And the butterflies came
To sing to us and land
On our feet
And remind us that even when
Merciless Time calls

We are still laughing at the pond
Somewhere in eternity

Sixteen Tons.... no kidding

Some people say a man is made outta mud.
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood, skin and bones;
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, if you see me comin', better step aside.
A lotta men didn't; a lotta men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

random poem?

Love
Like the greensilver branches of the willow tree
That always grew where the water pulsed through the soft earth
Branches shading the wetland grass in lines like windowshades

Drinking in the sunlight of a little girl's laugh
Taking in the breath that only comes from song
And when the hurricane comes and winds grow strong
Roots are stronger,
Sylvan fingers reach into the depths of Life itself
Holding onto all that Love is

Because storms may tear the branches that stretch
And the trunk that winds

But trees can grow back after the storm
With the right roots

oh noes

H and I just pulled our own for realz all-nighter. Like, we've been up talking all night, and in 20 minutes I have to get on the Metro back to work. Not a wink of sleep since yesterday, and on Friday night we did the same thing.

This is highly unwise. Good thing I'll be getting back to my apartment tonight... I need the sleep.

happy

A lot of things have been going on right now for me. I haven't updated here in a while so I just thought I would say that.

I dunno. There are a zillion things I've had to think about lately, and while it has the potential to be really stressful, it is amazingly not that way at all. I wonder if that's how life is supposed to be all the time: natural and simple and obvious, and filled with people you love and people who love you. When I think about today, and the past few days, I just have to remember that scripture in 2 Nephi: Men are that they might have joy. In a way, even though all I really did today was write and think, I feel I have expressed my purpose to the fullest.

Oh man, guys. I am so deep... :^P