This One's For Dan

To Dan,

We’ll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don’t need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don’t quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They’re not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that’s bursting into life

Let’s waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that’s bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they’re all I can see

I don’t know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

5:00 AM: It occurred to me that this blog should be about more than just me bitching about politics, conservatives, etc.

So, let me explain. I have a great life. I have a wonderful love of 24 years who has made my dreams come true. This blog entry is for him.

I also enjoy the company of exceptional animal companions. They break my heart when they die, but they so enrich my life while we co-exist. I have friends who I treasure, and hobbies that I love. I have my health as I approach old age...and I have music to enjoy anytime I want.

Read the lyrics above from the band "Snow Patrol" and then go check out the song "Chasing Cars" here. You may not like it but currently it resonates deeply with me.

I consider myself very fortunate. Life is good.

Jim