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“I am a nomad and I am pissed off. So I will take a long walk.”
~EL FORASTERO
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To fill a Gap
Insert the Thing that caused it –
Block it up
With Other – and ’twill yawn the more
You cannot solder an Abyss
With Air.
~EMILY DICKINSON
Towards Love
I have packed my parcels
Each, in hope, wrapped
With love
Bundled wants and dreams
Ideas of future things
And love
They fit in well-worn cases
Stamped from those past
I’ve loved
I stand gazing at the glowing way
Marked out with lighted signs
Of love
I leave them there, my precious packs
Unburdening my heart and mind
For love
I step into the shining path
With a wind behind my back
Towards love
A Lovely Wait
A Lovely Wait
by NATHAN PARTAIN
I’ve seen great beauty in the starlit sky,
In the sweep of music, in my lover’s eyes,
But it has no weight apart from you.
I’ve sought for comfort, and I’ve scrounged for rest,
And I’ve searched for someway I could be content,
But the land is wanton, without you.
I’ve known man’s glory, just how it lasts,
With its fading flower and its witheried grass,
Cause There’s nothing living, without you.
I found innocence was stained, all the gold was lead,
I drank the ocean but I thirst again.
Cause the heart is restless without you.
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Striking and curiously rare
A beauty among the drought
Providence placed you there
A hope among the doubt
A succulent in an espresso cup…
You are the Light
You are the Light
by THE INNOCENCE MISSION
And I would like to cry in the car
The blue violet hills and the voice of Neil Young
I left the flowers outside your door
Your curtains were flying
Though you were not at home
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before?
There’s a hidden life for everyone
Sorrow remains though you can tell no-one
The Host on your tongue is a perfect moon
It does shine inside you
You shine into the room
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before?
Down in the hallways in wintertime
There is your great kindness
And you are the light
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before?
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before?
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“My love is, because I love you. I love you, because you are. Such is my love.”
Love is a Gift
Love is a Gift
by NATHAN PARTAIN
Love is a gift, but it’s not free.
Love gives and gives until it bleeds.
Love doesn’t try to even keep it’s dignity.
Love is a gift, but it’s not free.
Love is simple, but it’s not easy.
Love is forgiveness before apology.
Love bruised and beaten moves toward its enemies.
Love is simple, but it’s not easy.
Love, I can’t get to you.
Love, you’re out of reach.
Love, If you are listening,
Love, come for me.
Love is gentle but its not weak.
Love crushed the head of Depravity.
Love marches steadfast in the flood of entropy.
Love is gentle but its not weak.
Love, I betrayed you.
Love, I’ve run away.
Love, I have been captured.
Love, come for me.
Love is a savior, Christ Jesus my King.
Love took my judgment on the tree.
Love traded splendor for my vulgarity.
Love is a savior, Jesus my King.
Love, I need you.
Love, don’t ever leave.
Love, when I wander,
Love, come for me.
Stray Observational Questions from a Smiling Toothless Wayfarer with a Ripped Shirt
2. Do you eat the protein?
3. Are you from the country? You look like you live out in the country.
4. Are you from Missouri? In the corn?