It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living

I want to know what you ache for

and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing

It doesn’t interest me how old you are

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool

for love

for your dream

for adventure of being alive

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon

I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow

If you have been opened by life’s betrayals

Or have become shriveled and closed

From fear of further pain

I want to know if you can sit with pain

Mine or your own

Without moving to hide it

Or fade it

Or fix it

I want to know if you can be with joy

Mine or your own

If you can love with wildness

And let ecstasy fill you to the tip of your fingers and toes

Without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic

Remember the limitations of being human

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling is true

I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself

If you can bare the accusation of betrayal

And not betray your own soul

If you can be faithful and therefore trustworthy

I want to know if you can see beauty

Even when it is not pretty, everyday

And if you can source your own life for its presence

I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine

And still stand at the edge of the lake

And shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes”

It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have

I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair

Weary and bruised to the bone

And do what needs to be done

To feed the children

It doesn’t interest me who you know ad how you came to be here

I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not look back

It doesn’t interest me where or what or which whom you have studied

I want to know what sustains you from inside when all else falls away

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself

And if your lively like the company you keep in the empty moments..

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** para rin pala to kina rovina at princess :)

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 8:48 PM