Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Ant

     They crawl on my bags and on my folded clothes.  I brush them off my arms and legs, I feel them on the back of my neck, in my hair.  I see their tiny black blurry bodies after washing my face, when I  open my eyes. A long, thin trail ends at the trash pail in the corner.  They horde around the sink full of soiled dishes in the kitchen.  Hundreds of moving insects frantically at work.
     One ant I see on my bedding on the floor.  He seems to be just wandering aimlessly about.  A good number of them behave in this way.  They seem to be outcasts exiled to the outside lands.  Once they find food, however, the entire community descends on its discovery.  Dirty dishes, trash, dandruff. That is all it takes, sometimes.  My life as a wandering ant has begun.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Saturday, August 10, 2013

"New Year's Eve" - First Aid Kit


Well it's a new year, with it comes more than new fears.
Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me,
"What induces us to stay here?"
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying,
But I think you just have to keep on trying."

And I know I am naive, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me

Took a stroll around the neighborhood where the trees are swaying.
People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing.
A man walked by, walking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go along.
He stopped to look at me and say, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."

Yet I am still afraid but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me

Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight,
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white.
Got to write more songs of a little more, treat my friends better.
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter.
And sometimes when it's too hard to get up,
It just might be a little call apart.

But I find it hard to believe, but if anything
That's what's going to save me
That's what's going to save me

Tell me, tell me
Oh, what's going to save me?