Quote of the moment

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

-Wendell Berry: The Peace or the Wild Things

Dec 6, 2008

I Am Too

I am too old to go on
I am too young to die
Too broken to start again
Too sound to just sit and be

A soul free, with the ability to fly
Heart imprisoned barely strength to cry
I am too old to go on
I am too young to die

I’ve been through the front door
Had to sneak through the back
Had the whole world at my feet
I’ve carried enough weight a body to crack

Been the source of someone’s joy
I’ve had my sight turn to black
I’ve been through the front door
Had to sneak through the back

You’ve been my reason to live
You’ve made my mind like a sieve
Have killed my very will to hope
Have taken away my ability to cope

Have been the source of all my pain
Have flushed my love down the drain
You’ve made my mind like a sieve
You’ve been my reason to live

Why did you ever meet me
Why didn’t you let us be
You gave me a chance at joy and peace
You helped me know the universe within reach

You crushed our chance before it could be
You threw out our dreams, our destiny
Why didn’t you let us be
Why did you ever meet me.
Posted by Gooseman at 7:00 AM
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