by the weight of my own skin
it's hard to dance in wooden pants
turning round fallen trees
on moving ground
the earth around us sings
of things
I said I'd rather not but did
because we can't believe
That God would mess this up
to prove he didn't Love me.
I like this, and love the 'pants' line.
ReplyDeleteit reminded me of when a kid moved from austria and went to my elementary school. his name was gurd i think and he sometimes wore leather shorts or lenderhosen. i was kind of friends but went along with the making fun of him too mainly because his clothes that i actually thought looked pretty cool. this and a few other lines brought me back once again to the sound of music and the puppet show scene and ' goatherd' song :)
-rivercat
(blogger aint working right again!)
The wooden pants line put me in mind of Elvis' Wooden Heart song.
ReplyDeleteI really love all your writing; they've been especially intense lately. So beautifully put together. Sometimes I don't completely understand what you intend to mean, but they always move me.
Love this. Beautiful, and such a nice flow to it <3
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thanks, leather shorts do sound kinda cool, even though I do try to eat vegan!
ReplyDeletethat wooden heart song reminds me of my childhood, my mum used to play a french woman who sang it, and I loved it. I guess it doesn't matter what it means just how it makes you/me/us feel. I think that feeling is the intention rather than meaning.
I felt a little like I was channeling an abstract Dr Suess while this flowed out. xo