I will not die an unlived life I will not live in fear of falling Or of catching fire I choose to inhabit my days To allow my living to open me Making me less afraid More accessible To loosen my heart So that it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise I choose to risk my significance. To live so that that which comes to me as seed Goes to the next as blossom And that which comes to me as blossom Goes on as fruit. --Donna Markova

Monday, July 19, 2004

The moment I saw you I knew that I could love you
And I've spent every moment since wondering why I didn't
Well, not really, but every once in a while
When I'm with you, or I'm not
I'll wonder
 
Who ever knew I had this much control?
Of myself, my heart, my feelings?
You didn't hurt me because I didn't let you
But somehow I've hurt myself a little
By not loving you, I've lost something I could have gained
 
Somehow it doesn't matter to me anymore
That I never loved you
Now is not the time to worry about you or me
It's a time for the future
 
But what about love?
Maybe next time I'll try it