Monday, July 5, 2010

The Air In My Lungs









When sadness was the sea, you were the one that taught me to swim.

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,But the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Anonymous said...

sinking lower
mostly dead
i was pulled out
an act of courage,
yes,as this person had been
gravely injured themselves
but much much more
as the person near the bottom
was the one who had injured her

Unknown said...

I was a ship captain & you were my lighthouse.

I became driftwood when your moon stole my tide & the seagulls of your laughter never stopped echoing in the seashells of my thoughts.

Yours were always the bitterest of waves.

RENJ said...

Now that you've left, all that I am is drowning.

Like a puncture I gasp, breathing yet out of air. Still.

It's always incomplete.

lucy said...

Thank you.

The Enchantress said...

beautiful...we learn to swim at that point but need to be re-taught everytime...

Unknown said...

One of my favorite photos so far

Yue Huan said...

you opened my eyes, showed my the world, and taught me all the tricks. i love you, i miss you.

Unknown said...

But why me? If anything, you were the one who shone a light on the waves I almost completely drowned in. You are my lighthouse...but sometimes I wish I didn't have to swim so far to you.

rivercat said...

bank-ds taken
car saltwater and sky

bank -ds taken
without the pings of wrong and right
clouds in an instant gone dry in the fight

lovers and crooks, rivals and strangers...


as the black-
as the dove tailed bird
flew across the -

rivercat said...

"beautiful"

rivercat said...

i never had a comment to go over, so I was wondering if when you get this, you can edit it. I would think so, but i dont know

Could you, if I forgot to name my most recent post of words either
saltwater
or car, saltwater sky

I am not sure if I put its title on
:(

rivercat said...

i meant

if i say beautiful which I was going to say in a post about seeing poems up ( no lies here) it could be I thought misinterperted as a snide comment to you.

SO i put quotes on and posted it for the absurdity thinking youd understand what I meant.
On reflection I dont think anyone could have understood what I meant except to think i was being snide.

Im sorry. I swear that is the truth. If you post this with a star in it or something ( just the star a word I will leave and not come back.

Im sorry THis was a kind of inside joke thing, but i didnt mean it as a joke as much as an absurdity...

cynical bones said...

you know that little voice in the back of your head that talks you down from a fight or helps you get to sleep? it's yours.

Anonymous said...

i wish he was here ..so i could read this one for him =)

its so true !
thank you so much

jill said...

I'm drowning. I can't do this anymore.

Tess said...

the way i missed you was manageable, you were still there for me.
they way i miss you now is just pain.

~ Rosi said...

You wrote this for me

Anonymous said...

Safety Vest.

Anonymous said...

i taught you how to swim in your ocean and now, you are my ocean. so please help me breathe again.

Sehr Nisar said...

Aaah...You were the one to teach me to swim but you actually never were. It hurts when at crucial times...you and my heart turns away.I never accept that my heart is with you but my heart accepts that. Help me! Troublesome! :-S

Sehr Nisar said...

Aaah...You were the one to teach me to swim but you actually never were. It hurts when at crucial times...you and my heart turns away.I never accept that my heart is with you but my heart accepts that. Help me! Troublesome! :-S

Nicolas said...

And then you drowned me.

Unknown said...

And now I wonder if it was safer to have drowned