November 2011
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Matchbox20~
And so what if I choose to spend more time in my mind than anywhere else?
Looking for Alaska
‘When adults say, “Teenagers think they are invincible” with that sly stupid smile on their faces, they don’t know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget...
“We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we’d learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn’t fall apart, you’d stop suffering when they did.”
― John...
I miss you; Abuelo
Dusty roads, hopeless eyes, looking at the blinding lights.Saw your ghost here tonight, it lingers on and I feel your life pulling me back to the place. But the thought of staring back at you is more than I can face.It’s a long way now from where I rest my head. It’s safe and sound, if only I could turn around. There’s no direction where I stand, just dead-end signs and wasted...