January 2010
10 posts
I Will Try by Mary Oliver
I will try
I will step from the house to see
what I seeand hear and I will praise it.
I did not come into this world
to be comforted.
I came, like red bird, to sing.
But I’m not red bird, with his head-mop of flame
and the red triangle of his mouth
full of tongue and whistles,
but a woman whose love has vanished,
who thinks now, too much, of roots
and the dark places
where...
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
– Flannery O’Connor
“I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I...”
– Annie Dillard
when i give friends instruments at...
Honest
I’m scared to wander outside major keys So I sing a song that I wrote just to please The fools and the fakes afraid just like me to be…honest So I play pretend with my smile painted on At best I’m a clown and at worst I’m a con Convincing the crowd and myself nothing’s wrong to be…honest
My soul is trembling Knowing they’re listening But all that I need...
“i’m bound by the fire
i’m bound by the beauty
i’m bound by...”
– Jane Siberry “Bound by the Beauty”
