1. A Lifetime

    August 5, 2013 by Juliette Clancy

    In memory of a young woman I did not know, but who wrote this stunning piece. – Elizabeth Blue may you rest in peace.

    I want,
    To quote Rumi.
    I want to say one thousand words of thanks.
    I want
    To throw
    One million rose petals in the air.
    I want
    To kiss the sky.
    I want God to know that I am grateful
    I want to be humbled by the sheer knowledge of what is.
    I want to blow into one million pieces, and dedicate myself to the world.
    I want to say thank you,
    And mean it.
    I want to tell the world,
    The universe,
    That my Indian lover is
    The sky
    The moon
    And the sea.
    I want you to know that beauty is everlasting,
    And that I am only a temporary placement of outer beauty.
    I want you to know that the beauty inside me is everlasting.
    And I want you to know that I did not create this.
    And,
    I created some.
    I want you to know that eternity is forever, and then more.
    I want you to know that ‘me’ is just a figure of speech.
    I want you to know that I love you.
    And that life,
    Today,
    Was one of those days worth living.