Posted in friends on March 16th, 2006 No Comments »
When we wore a heart of stone we wandered to the sea
Hoping to find some comfort there, yearning to feel free
And we were mesmerized by the lull of the night
And the smells that filled the air
And we laid us down on sandy ground
It was cold but we didn’t care
We were drawn to the rhythm
Drawn to [...]
Posted in words on March 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
I believe in the rule of opposites
that the two sides of the coin
are loss and greater loss, that grief dribbles
out of the bottle as effortlessly as joy
and if you scoop up everything sad, your hands
will discover the texture of hope. – Jane Bailey, “Philosophy – for Larry” (excerpt)
spotted on Portland’s Blue Line train, as part of [...]