Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Wasted Stone

And I've seen what you make for money and I've seen what you do for fame. I've seen what you do to make people like you and I've seen what you swallow to ease the pain. I've heard what you say out of malice and I've heard what you spat out of spite.

But none of these things make you happy because not one was done for love.

21 comments:

Nouri_E said...

a read the title, then i see the photo, then i read the words. and they all clicked.

Ciara said...

Wow.. wow.. just wow.. <3

Anonymous said...

This is eye opening and heart warming.

Marika said...

right....as always....fame and luxury is nothing without love

Apple N. said...

Just love..

Anonymous said...

a lot of people do these, but how can they still sleep soundly at night? guiltless, stoic, calculating.

blue hues said...

hmmmm....sounds like someone I know....maybe for others, it sounds like.....me.....

Anonymous said...

these are exactly the words i need to hear after last night...

Anonymous said...

I know this person. You know him too?

Diana said...

Thank you again.

Anonymous said...

wow...that just left me speechless!!
brilliant, once again Iain :D

money and fame don't really fit that void in our lives like love does.

Foul-weather knitter said...

Ouch.

In the defence of people like this (of which I am one) I just don't feel love all that often. Possibly it's a deficiency, I don't know.

Anonymous said...

this may be my favorite yet, thank you.

Sammi said...

adore the way this entry flowed. ♥

Anonymous said...

That was beautiful! Thank you!

bria ballerina said...

This is exactly how he is.
And I'm not supposed to change who he is. I'm accepting who he is and walking away.
He has no idea what love is.

Which is how I know that I do.

<3bria

Anonymous said...

oooh, this describes my previous employers...so spot-on!

ajay saxena said...

brilliant

debtink said...

And the time they spent making their lives into their mental picture of perfection only brings them closer to and end they never saw coming.

SAMMb said...

sounds like the lyrics to a song ... i hear you.

Anonymous said...

I read this 6 years ago, forgot it, and today I feel the urge to search for this "Wasted Stone" just to read it again.
thank you, this means so much for me.