Sunday, March 20, 2005
Tired
It's been... a rough week.
*****
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
Hallowed by Thy name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven,
give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our tresspasses
as we forgive those who tresspass against us
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
*****
Which of the two is the braver? The one who dares stay in the broken world all around us - or the one who dares try to give it all up : every last, wonderful, hideous drop of life's blood.
Which of the two is truly alive?
*****
We were telnet chatting one evening. It was early for me, and coming on late for You.
I asked you if you'd mind me going for a run. You said sure, you didn't mind.
I ran with a spring in my step; I'd never run that effortlessly before. I was back almost before I started.
I slumped into the chair, raggedly gasping for breath and typed in "hello?". The modem buzzed and flickered angrily at me a few times for keeping it waiting.
You were still there, waiting for me. Your reply came almost the instant I hit the enter key; half of me wasn't surprised at all.
Yet most of me, was.
We wrote, and I laughed.
*****
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
Hallowed by Thy name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven,
give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our tresspasses
as we forgive those who tresspass against us
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
*****
Which of the two is the braver? The one who dares stay in the broken world all around us - or the one who dares try to give it all up : every last, wonderful, hideous drop of life's blood.
Which of the two is truly alive?
*****
We were telnet chatting one evening. It was early for me, and coming on late for You.
I asked you if you'd mind me going for a run. You said sure, you didn't mind.
I ran with a spring in my step; I'd never run that effortlessly before. I was back almost before I started.
I slumped into the chair, raggedly gasping for breath and typed in "hello?". The modem buzzed and flickered angrily at me a few times for keeping it waiting.
You were still there, waiting for me. Your reply came almost the instant I hit the enter key; half of me wasn't surprised at all.
Yet most of me, was.
We wrote, and I laughed.
