Monday, June 10, 2013

"After The Storm"



And after the storm,
I run and run as the rains come
And I look up, I look up,
on my knees and out of luck,
I look up.

Night has always pushed up day
You must know life to see decay
But I won't rot, I won't rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won't rot.

And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That's why I hold,
That's why I hold with all I have.
That's why I hold.

And I won't die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I'll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and man so small.
Well I'm scared of what's behind and what's before.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Promise yourself that you will be
 honest 
about how you 
feel - 
that you will let yourself fall hard and take a risk.  
Promise you will let yourself feel so strongly about something,
 you will choose to 
be 
vulnerable 
over-and-over-again 
to 
risk 
being told 
no 
 just because the hope of getting a 
yes 
is 
too
 strong
 to ignore.
  Promise yourself that you will care enough to be hurt 
to hurt
 in a way that 
will 
not 
go away quick or maybe even ever 
but
 is a constant reminder that what you had 
was 
true.  
Promise yourself that you will be strong
but not cynical -
 hopeful,
 not helpless
 and kind,
 not cutting.
Promise yourself 
these 
things 
now
because someday when all is spinning and nothing makes sense, 
these are the things you will cling to,
 these are the things you will know to be true.