lets talk about it
4:02 AM
let's talk about gold ribbons and girls with perfect houses. The girls with 18 unopen text messages, and 18 unopen ex messages, from any unopen 18 year old who left every ounce of dignity at some doorstep past the mexican border.
lets talk about september 12th 2001, and the day after that, and the day after that. let's talk about the food, and the weather, and when we're done let's just listen to the music.
let's talk about graduation
let's talk about 4 months, 21 days, and the rest of our lives
but no, stop worrying,
because all i really wanted to talk about was now
right now
lets listen to the always infinite air and maybe we'll finally hear the sound of more than just 25 hundred bleeding heartbeats. languages we've never understood, but they're audible, and they're powerful, and there's nothing google could never translate.
i wish heartbeats were things people could translate.
i wish hallways were more than infamous dungeons, and pathways were only cracks in the road,
because these streets should be long enough to hold us all.
there are enough fault lines covering our planet and ourselves to destroy you. there have been enough hurricanes and tsunamis to wash your mind of ever being extraordinary
and isn't it funny?
how you need water to survive, but it's the easiest thing to kill you.
how you need people to survive, but they're the easiest things to kill you.
We have 4 months
and 21 days
you've got a tire in the back to spare, and just enough time to make a difference
so if you're looking for a hurricane,
then come with me.
these outstretched arms have never been something far apart.
14 comments
Duuuuuude. The tsunami and the fault lines and how heartbeats in google translate and just enough time to make a difference and how water can kill you even though you need it to survive.
ReplyDeleteI feel like Ice Cube when I say today is gonna be a good day.
btw, you need better sleep habits
ReplyDeleteYou make me astonished every time. You are amazing, and I can not believe how someone could be this good.
ReplyDeletelet's talk about 4 months, 21 days, and the rest of our lives and you've got a tire in the back to spare, and just enough time to make a difference
ReplyDeleteThis turned out really really good. You're gonna kill it at the open mic
I wish I had middle of the night thoughts this important.
ReplyDeleteYou did awesome today. And I have to apologize for making you wait so long.
ReplyDeleteAgain great job today.
You are amazing. And literally I love the way you write. You're seriously inspiring.
ReplyDelete"lets talk about september 12th 2001, and the day after that, and the day after that. let's talk about the food, and the weather, and when we're done let's just listen to the music."
ReplyDeleteLike who ever thinks about Sept. 12???? Not me. Let's freakin' talk about it. The aftermath. a fu
I feel like I shouldn't keep commenting on high school blogs. But you keep me coming back. I mean holy shit McEwan.
amazing. I didn't really it was only 4 months and 21 days.... :'(( that makes me sad.
ReplyDeleterealize****
DeleteI WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN YOU PERFORM THIS. Nelson doesn't understand our sleep habits lol. Yours are a bit worse than mine though.. K this is unreal.
ReplyDeleteStill the sickest post
ReplyDeletenot sure why i just am barley reading this BUT HOLY COW you've done it again. niiiiiiice words you've got there.
ReplyDeleteHow do you do it.
ReplyDeleteSo good