23.11.09

The New Masters of the World

You who have endured much
Pain and sacrifice
Tell me, when are you going to
Live your life
How much longer will you hate this strife?

When will you realize this is home?
Why can’t you see that you’re not alone?
This new group of people is your family
And they love you like you love me.

You may think that you’re doing fine
All well and good, but you’ll see in time
That no matter how deep runs this lie
That others see, this
Isn’t the truth, just wait and see

I can see through to what you need
And it isn’t something Walmart sells
Half price
It’s a way to happiness, with no sacrifice
Go ahead now, and live your life


2.11.09

The Sunrise of My Life

As God is good all the time, He is with us all the time. Instead of all the time, I’m going to use the phrase every moment of every day. Means the same thing, but looks better abbreviated. EMOED vs. ATT. I’m a Verizon customer, so I guess that’s part of it. And EMOED says emo-ed. Some people have a thing against emo people, but since it means emotional, I think more people could stand to show more emotion. We are human, are we not? (I believe the Killer’s ironically had a song posing the same question) Anyways, I that people consider time spent with God, or pretty much anything relating to God, including time spent with Him, holy. As such, EMOED is holy. Our lives, or to be more precise, the time we spend alive, is, dare I say, holy time.

This morning, I went Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel to watch the sunrise. Not for any reason, well, there was one...ish, but you’ll see. On the way, I got pulled over. I kinda freaked out, because on top of not having done anything wrong, at 5:20am, in a city in not the best part of town, you have an aversion to parking on the side of the road. But it was ok, a good guy with a gun was right there the whole time. (It was for a brake light that was out.) I thought about the time, and I thought…at the very core of it, the officer was helping me. He was sharing information that could prevent a future ticket, or worse, someone rear ending Sherman. (I’ve named my car after the tank.) My time was shared with another person. It was, dare I say, holy?

I think most people start to realize their morality too late. They have “Bucket Lists.” I figure since every moment is holy, we should go with that. Spend every day doing something that we wouldn’t otherwise do. What’s Whats the point in life if we don’t live it? At what point do we monotonously drone through our daily lives for the sake of what? Money? Most people wouldn’t claim happiness…

But the sunrise was beautiful. Dare I say it, holy?