The most terrible and beautiful and interesting things happen in a life. For some of you, those things have already happened. Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.
I have learned this over and over and over again.
Submerged in the pool I heard nothing but my own heartbeat echoing against the water. I would’ve stayed underwater forever if my father hadn’t been waiting for me in the bleachers by the diving pool. When someone is waiting for you, you have to come up for air.
Lately I’ve been feeling like the day’s gonna come…
You’ll walk up to me and erase my memory
Can’t wait to feel brand new; I can’t wait to meet you again, friend
I think I must have known you in another life,
I think our rocking chairs used to rock together all night
With pictures of owls all over the walls
Tiny ships in bottles, they won’t sail too far out
Human skin can be hard to live in
You’ll feel better in the morning
Wash your hands in the lake
You’ve got a heart, some way
I’m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.
How does that grab you?: Cardiac Arrest
All I can do is stare. I cannot decide if it is mocking me with its lack of subtlety, praising me for mastering my own reality, or remaining disappointed with such a horrifying solution. It just sits there still beating on as it knows no other way to exist. It lies in front of me in an odd…
Ingrid Michaelson - Sort Of
Baby, you’ve got the sort of eyes that tell me tales
That your sort of mouth just will not say, the truth impales
That you don’t need me, but you won’t leave me
My loves too big for you my love
And if I was stronger then I would tell you no
And if I was stronger then I would leave this show
And if I was stronger then I would up and go
but here I am, and here we go again
