Stuff I don't like

I don’t like that

Coming and going

Stuff

That luggage

Over the shoulder

Stuff

I don’t like that

Here when im here

Gone when im gone

Stuff

I like the

I’m down the street

Doing my thing

We can see each other

Whenever we need

I like the

Talk when we talk

See when we see

Kind of stuff

I like the lets go here

And let’s do this

Whenever we wanna

Cause we are always around

kind of stuff

I like the years go by

and we see each other

in all kinds of ways

kinds of stuff

the you know me

and i know you

kind of stuff

the we don't hide 

from each other

kind of stuff

Morroco To Share- from the May trip

i know now

i know now
what it feels like
to be understood
after a life time of
no understanding
neither from myself
nor from others

i know now
what it feels like to be
held and loved
by an expert
lover
and holder

i know now
what it feels like
to be listened to
for hours and hours
as the restaurant closes
and we move
to the dock
dangling our feet
with someone
who really wants to hear me

i know now
what it feels like
to play and play
with some one
who can meet me on
the top of the dirt hill
and roll down
just as fast

or go to the bottom of
the ocean
blowing bubbles
as we hold hands swimming up
to the sunshine rayed water

i know now
what it feels like
to hold the phone
and call someone
crying
unable to do it
anymore alone

i know now
what it feels like
to help a stranger
shocked by the unfair
evil of the moment
give her refuge
while the world
slowly becomes
safe again

i know now
to hold my momma
when she is weeping
grateful
that at least
i can be careful
with her

i know now
how to tell a friend
when she isn't happy
when she wants to be

i know now
how to win something
i wanted to win

i know now
how to lose something
i wanted to win more

i know now
how to fail successfully
by confronting
previous mistakes

i know now
that nothing makes me
happier
than weather
water
laughing
creating
and love

i know now
that giving
is special
and getting is too
and both should
go together
or i deplete
like a battery

i know now
that age
and image
are useless indicators
for meaning

i know now
what it feels like
when someone really
really
likes you

i know now what it feels like
to come down two mountains in one
day
while someone leads the way
careful
that i go all the way

i know now
that there is always
someone
watching over me
it may just be
that i haven't said hello
to him or her yet

i know now
that there is a lot
a lot
a lot out there

i know now
that everything is already
very alright

i know now what it
felt like
when i jumped
into your arms

i know now
when it ain't me babe
and how to tell you
and when

i know now
what the silence
of a coward
feels like
and i can smell
the stink of avoidance
from a few feet away

i know now
what it feels like
to want to preserve
life

i know now
how to look in your eyes
and tell you
everything is alright
when it isn't
but it has to be

i know now
when words don't
speak actions

&
when actions
feel like love
while the words said
feel
like ice

i know now
what effort
looks like
and how hard it will go

im not interested

i'm not interested
in your disinterest
i'm not intrigued
by your distance
your fear
of magic
is not fascinating
nor a consequence
of some brilliant
act of wisdom

i'm not compelled
by your
repel
i'm not saddened
by your choice
of unhappiness

i'm too busy
seeing the
blue sky
and clear lake
before me
to wonder
about when
you will choose
the path
of least resistance

the truth again

I created an ideal
A prototype
Out of flesh
Unfair it was
Unfair
Cause
You are you
Maybe the perfect version of you
But you aren’t him
That ideal
Hollywood concoction
Created out of my boredom
And so I did it
Again and again
Until one day
I stopped
And started to see
Who you and you and you
Are
Much more interesting
That what I imagined
Less convenient too
And so I go
And so I go
Learning you
And you and you
As I go
As I go
I learn me too
I am different than what I thought
And I am what I always was
Nothing is so
Extreme
But everything is quite magical

inside out

The thing is
What I thought
What I bought
Was not what I knew
Inside
Not what I knew to be
True
You telling me okay
You telling me to stay
You telling me to stray
It was all you
And you
And you
And I brought you inside
To the most sacred of places
Deep down in my belly
Up into my ears
So that I heard your voice
Every day
Not the voice to hear
Not the voice to listen to
But the one that ruled
Telling me the world is to be
Feared
Love is far away
And trust is for the foolish
It was me the foolish
Not to hear the tiny
Quiet voice
In
That said everything is more than okay
As it is
Everything is only okay
If we sit tight
Listening intently
To what is inside
Growing what is inside
Flying with what is inside
Only then
Only only then
Are we true

Women's Work

This is a great study on whats going on with women and work in the world. The most notable aspect is that the US is the only country not to mandate maternity leave in the study of 100 something countries.
And that I definitely belong in Scandinavia. Always felt kinda funny here...