Something Profound

Ben — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:56:20 +0000

5 days. 5 days and I can tell myself, “Today is the first day of the the rest of my life.”

I want to fly,
But I’m afraid of falling.

I want to learn,
But I’m afraid of failing.

I want to try,
But I’m afraid of losing.

18 months wasted. 18 months behind. With what to show?

What do I do? Where do I go?

I’d really like to know.

Ben — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:20:20 +0000

I want to kiss you in the rain.
I want to stroll hand in hand through the park on a perfect day.
I want to be by your side in all the exotic places we’ve dreamed of one day going.

I never want to forget how this happiness feels.

Ben — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:50:39 +0000

Ben — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:28:04 +0000

Oh if only you knew.
The drafts tossed away,
The things I would say.

Well it’s not for lack of courage,
and it’s not for lack of trying.

Ben — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:29:47 +0000

I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else.

-Jonathan Safran Foer

I could only ever dream of being as skilled with my words as he is.

Ben — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:48:27 +0000

I need someone to tell me how I’m supposed to feel.

I’m afraid I’ve forgotten.

Ben — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:47:06 +0000

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

Ben — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:27:36 +0000

there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again.

Ben — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:54:54 +0000

In the middle of the desert.

Over nine hundred square miles of pure desolation.

It’s where dreams are made.
It’s where boys become men.

It’s the methamphetamine capitol of the world.
It’s home.

Ben — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:47:57 +0000

New direction now,
Knowing what makes you happy.
Can this be for real?

Do you remember, when we met?

I want to tell you.