I was blessed
(cursed?)
with
a head that
thinks
too much
& a heart that
feels
too much.
although
(I have discovered)
kissing
seems to be
a healthy
method of distraction
from the two.
and it appears
(of late)
my lips have been blessed
to discover
another great kisser!
(c) Brent M Harpur, 2011.
"Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open."
Agnes De Mille
if it
is indeed true
that we
forget what it is
we really want to remember
and remember
what we'd rather forget
then let me
write this down,
on today of all days,
so this ink
and
this paper
shall remember
long after I forget.
I remember...
blue paper butterflies
dancing in the tree,
mud cake & ice cream
melting in late afternoon sun,
a woollen picnic blanket,
your yellow dress,
you complementing my red shirt,
Oliver Jeffers,
a tiny bottle of bubbles
and the delight in discovering
why I hadn't bought you that book
finding another believer
in the (last) known Gospel
according to Theodore Geisel.
From afar,
wherever you are
on this very
auspicious day...
I wish you:
MANY
HAPPY
RETURNS.
(c) Brent M Harpur, 11/11/2011.
"So, be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!"
(Dr. Seuss)
