A Diamond and a Tether

Sometimes songs just hit you...

Pity, take pity on me
Because I’m not have the man that I should be
Always turning to run
From the people I should not be afraid of
And darling, you should know
That I have fantasies about being alone
It’s like love is a lesson
That I can’t learn
So I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn

I know you can’t hold out forever
Waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won’t swim
Who won’t dip his toe in
Just to keep you here with him

I’ve got this habit I abhor
When we go out, I’m always watching the door
As if there’s someone I’m going to see
Who could out do the things that you do to me

I know you can’t hold out forever
Waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won’t fly
Who won’t take to the skies
If he thinks you’re about to say goodbye

Pity, take pity on me
Because I’m not half the man that I should be
And I don’t blame you, you’ve had enough
With all these empty promises and countless bluffs

I know you can’t hold out forever
Waiting on a diamond and a tether
From a boy who won’t jump
When he’s falls in love
He just stands with his toes on the edge
And he waits for it to disappear again

Seeking light and air, and endowed with more strength than man or his works, they soar above the lower deposit to greet one another with branches and beckoning leabes, and to build a city for the birds. E.M. Forster.

I have been reading Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray for the last few weeks. While I am not finished with it, I just wanted to comment on how interesting of a book it is. An artist paints a picture of Dorian and Dorian believes that this portrait alone shows the corruption of his soul, his sins. He wishes to hide the portrait away in a room at the top of his house so that no one ever sees it. "Beneath its purple pall, the face painted on the canvas could grow bestial, sodden, and unclean. What did it matter? No one could see it. He himself would not see it. Why should he watch the hideous corruption of his soul? He kept his youth - that was enough. And, besides, might not his nature grow finer, after all? There was no reasons that the future should be so full of shame."

Accomplished!

I have just completed my first semester of graduate school and I am almost certain that I have two A's. I am now convinced that I can do just about anything.