~Understanding begins, but does not end, with the act of perception~

"Welcome to your life.."

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was ALWAYS some OBSTACLE in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

-- Alfred D. Souza

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Weight of Diamonds


Now she can wear her pretty shiny things and
Dance around her life like
the celebrity of her illusions.

Princess Pretend,
she is weighted with diamonds and heavy hands
and a heavy heart.

Her sanity shaken,
Faith to the wind,
she is bending, she is breaking,
she has been forsaken
Under the weight of diamonds.

Rings of shackles, links of chain
Bound in her glitter dream game
A slave to the wait, and the wake, and
The weight of diamonds.

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