i see
the particulate of the
world outside the open window,
finding it’s way inside,
dancing in the light
of the room,
the way it used to
when i woke up
in the light.
for so long i’ve awoken
before the light,
to the sounds of
of the dark.
with time now nothing more
than a source of confusion,
the light, and not
the dark,
is what
i wake up to.
and the memories of
those particles,
some slow, some with
great speed, floating through
the light and disappearing
into my room.
today,
i remembered what it
was like to wonder.
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I love this.
I’m feeling so sorry for the other readers of your blog that they have not discovered your “Easter egg” – but so happy I have! I think the posts in this section are some of your best – you should be selling these to musicians…a la votre.
You writing about light in the “City of Lights”. How wonderful. Hope you having a great time. You seem to be on a writing spree! Hope it continues!
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p.s. Happy birthday to your little lady!
Oh the light, the glorious light. Granted my own personal perceptions and experiences influenced the way I read this poem, but I think it is so beautiful. I know that when I went through a dark period of my life, I ached to see and to feel the light – I searched it out, feeling it taunt me. When I felt its return, I felt utter and total bliss. Thank you for this wonderful reminder. Reading this has brought me back to that time. (of interest…my daughter’s name means the returning of light).
Happy Birthday Maddy! 2 is wonderful!
beautiful. I am so full of hope for you. I hope you are enjoying your time in Paris.
Happy Birthday, Maddy! Hope you are enjoying your time in Paris. Time for me to donate $24.00 to the Liz Foundation.
You are in the most beautiful city on earth marking your best and worst days on earth. Just another stranger thinking of you today.
Twins’ home opener is April 12 at Target Field. Ready?
Wishing Maddy a very very Happy Birthday!!
Love it.
As I get older I learn how good it is to have children and love to keep reminding me to stop and look and wonder… Truly happy that you have had two years with your beautiful girl and sad that she has missed it and happy that good surrounds you both still…
Thanks for reminding all to live fully, love wastefully and not to be “dumbed down and numbed by time and age”…
Damn…I can’t WAIT for your book to come out! Awesome job once again.
Breathtaking words Matt – Happy Birthday to your beautiful girl – and many thoughts for the two of you over the next few days.
Beautiful, as usual.
I have finally discovered your Easter Eggs – they were worth the wait. I can’t believe what a gifted writer you are. I love your writings about light, although I have to say I love all of your writings. Amazing. Powerful. Beautiful.