~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

Monday, April 19, 2010

Lilacs & Sunscreen

Somebody this morning on the train, 
sat somewhere near by 
and I
could smell the smell of lilacs
while I was staring at the sky

Out the window, it was blue
the sun was yellow and I was mellow
and humming 
Joni Mitchell to myself,
thinking about how summer's coming

And I could feel the sand under my feet 
and hear the ocean churrning
I could feel my pale skin
Burning, burning
under all that light...


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