Sunday, September 25, 2011

Box.

There was a ring.
And that ring was in a box.
And that box was inside another box.
And those two boxes and that one ring were altogether wrapped in a red handkerchief.
And that red handkerchief and those two boxes and that one ring hid away in a dresser drawer for a long time.

And all of that was hiding down deep, deep in the heart of a boy.
And that heart was hid away deep, deep in the eyes of God.
And that God is the same God that told Pressure to fall in love with Time.
And when God did that, Pressure and Time had a child.
And that child's name was Diamond.

And Diamond made its way to that ring and that ring to that box and that box to that bigger box and that bigger box to that red handkerchief and that red handkerchief to that chest of dresser drawers.

And all of this was in that one boys heart.

And now that same boy has given this heart of his to a girl.
And in that heart is held the ring.
And that ring will sit atop her finger for all to know.
To know that there was once a boy who held much in his heart.
And that this boy who held much in heart had the beautiful audacity to go to the eyes of God to ask for something that he would never deserve.

A girl who would wear a ring that he'd found deep, deep down in his heart.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Blanket.

Bring your pillow and blanket.
Bring your dreams from when you were six.
Don't forget to let someone know where you are going so that, for God's sake, they might for once follow you into the night.

Bring that story book that your mother read to you when daddy stayed late at work.
Memorize the tune that you heard from gram when she was cooking that time in the kitchen at the house with the old porch and the big tree with the swing in the yard.
Wear those shoes that you wore to your last high school dance and your mom's funeral.

Pack away that book that holds those words that saved your life.
Pack away that heart of that girl who gave it to you as a gift.

Let's run.

Let's hurry because time is short and I am not really quite sure when he will be back.