they're dancing
sitting here on the bus. day off. minneapolis is nice and quiet where we are. i was just noticing the trees swaying softly outside. it's funny, if i didn't know it was the wind moving them, it looks like they're dancing. so happy. just hanging out. losing leaves. making new leaves. churning out the oxygen. dancing. i love this world. so confusing sometimes. here we are all together in outer space, but we don't really talk about it. we just carry on with our day. go to work. try to occupy ourselves in the empty hours. wishing for more. wanting more. wanting to feel complete. to be whole again, like in our distant memories we can somehow remember a better time. a better world. a world we share. why are we pitted against each other? why are we thirsty for recognition and irritated when ignored. we are here together. off in the distance i see a totem pole beside some dying trees. the totem pole is not painted. just carved tree. years from now no one will remember what happened here on Earth. in a million years, there will be no trace of our little lives. what are we doing fighting? what are we doing killing each other? cutting each other down with words. why aren't you more like him? why don't you act more like her? do we ever wonder why? why do we need to be right? why can't we accept the humanity of others? the pain. the joy. all the while, the trees are dancing. i love you. we will make it through.
chris
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- Comment by: Laura Klein
- Date: June 7, 2008
If you haven't ever read the book, "The Sirens of Titan" by Kurt Vonnegut you really should. I've got a feeling you would love it.
- Comment by: kdawg
- Date: May 18, 2008
that shit puts holes in your brain. recreational use only, chris
- Comment by: Beth Scott
- Date: May 16, 2008
i don't know if you will read this. but i'll write it anyway because i feel like i need to. i used to listen to saves the day all the time (like most everyone who is on here) and i loved it so much and it was perfect, i heard every album and my favorite was through being cool and then stay what you are and all the acoustic songs. so most of my adolescent life can be brought back by listening to the music. anyway, as i got older my interests branched out and i hadn't heard saves the day in a while. then i decided to listen to it and i will tell you that through being cool is still my favorite album of all time. and then i looked you guys up again to see what you are doing, and i read these blogs, and i realized you're at the same point of discovery that i am in my life right now. quantum physics and humanity and the universe. so i am glad you are reaching this understanding and i am too. i think about these things all the time. life is so beautiful and mostly because we're here in Time. anyway i just wanted to write this out and tell you that you've definitely changed my life for the better, it means everything.
- Comment by: drew douglas
- Date: May 13, 2008
Great post, Chris. It's amazing what one can think of when just sitting and being. I just think we are constantly feeling as if the world revolves around us and in a way it does (for ourselves), but it's not until you think about it that you realize only a small amount of people will ever know who we are or what we do. Crazy stuff.
- Comment by: cindy gilroy
- Date: May 12, 2008
i love the way you think. its absolutely amazing.
"all the while, the trees are dancing. i love you. we will make it through." That was the most beautiful sentence I've ever read.