Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Mirror

I see a me behind the glass,
In a different world.
Looking at me, smiling at me,
There are questions I'd like to ask.
Who are you now? Who are you going to be?
Are you going to make the best of what you see?
There are a million opportunities out there for you.
Hopes, dreams, and passions you must pursue.
Always knowing that you are great.
Changing directions, learning new things. It's never too late.
Becoming something other than what the world deems.
In the smog that polluted minds create, your future gleams.
Begging you to create something better.
Not being encumbered by what you lack, in the shackles of deficiency fettered.
Free yourself from this lackadaisical demeanor.
Why plague yourself with this nonsensical fever?
In the hours of adversity, and in these most difficult times
The truest forms of ourselves we find.
And of the things in which we are most unsure,
If we but seek the uncertainty dissolves, and leaves a truth bright and pure.
A truth so pure that none can deny.
A truth so life changing if we but just abide.
I see a me behind the glass,
In a different world.
Looking at me, happy with me,
For I am answering the questions asked.
I know who I am, and who I am going to be.
I am making the best of what lies before me.
I am doing my best to change the world.
My utmost potential ever being unfurled.
Everyday doing everything I can,
Making something better and strengthening who I truly am.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

"The Fiddler on the Roof" Moment

Frequently I find myself asking Dr. Who, "Do you love me?" I am answered one of two ways. The first being, "Of course I love you." The second, "You ask that question a lot." The Doctor will always tell me what I want to hear, he is good to me in that way. Recently I had surgery and am not able to do very much for myself and I have had to rely upon Dr. Who, who is not really a doctor, for many things. He has been my railing while trying to walk down the stairs, my water boy when I am thirsty in the middle of the night, my chef for every meal of the day, my comedian when I am bored, my shoulder when I am sorrowful, my optimism through the pain. In truth I do not have to ask if he loves me, every day he shows that he does.


From Fiddler on the Roof
"Do You Love Me?"

(Tevye)
Do you love me?
(Golde)
Do I what?
(Tevye)
Do you love me?
(Golde)
Do I love you?
With our daughters getting married
And this trouble in the town
You're upset, you're worn out
Go inside, go lie down!
Maybe it's indigestion
(Tevye)
"Golde I'm asking you a question..."
Do you love me?
(Golde)
You're a fool
(Tevye)
"I know..."
But do you love me?
(Golde)
Do I love you?
For twenty-five years I've washed your clothes
Cooked your meals, cleaned your house
Given you children, milked the cow
After twenty-five years, why talk about love right now?
(Tevye)
Golde, The first time I met you
Was on our wedding day
I was scared
(Golde)
I was shy
(Tevye)
I was nervous
(Golde)
So was I
(Tevye)
But my father and my mother
Said we'd learn to love each other
And now I'm asking, Golde
Do you love me?
(Golde)
I'm your wife
(Tevye)
"I know..."
But do you love me?
(Golde)
Do I love him?
For twenty-five years I've lived with him
Fought him, starved with him
Twenty-five years my bed is his
If that's not love, what is?
(Tevye)
Then you love me?
(Golde)
I suppose I do
(Tevye)
And I suppose I love you too
(Both)
It doesn't change a thing
But even so
After twenty-five years
It's nice to know