Thankful Thursday: Said & Saved

On this Thankful Thursday, I am thankful for years and years of things I've heard. Like a catalog, I can call on the wisdoms, cries, flip remarks, these turning points.

We can never know what words will stick, what words will sing or pierce and sting. Is it this unknowing that helps us hold our tongues, or, for better or worse, rush our words?

Things Heard

I don't believe in the institution of marriage.

Go play in traffic.

You don't need to be good.

This is temporary.

Standing in the apartment,
a wall of windows and a flush of light,
Here, I gushed, I could be a real writer.

If you're a writer, he said, you'll write.
Stung, I didn't move in.

Across town,
from a darker
cheaper
basement
I began to write.

Sugar, salt, sugar — the recipe for resolution.

Your call is important to us.

Let's play library. We start by being very quiet.

I miss you.

I do.

It's Thankful Thursday, a weekly pause to appreciate the people, places and things that bring joy. What are you thankful for today?

Comments

[Allyson]

For having the most adorable dogs in the world. No, I'm not being hyperbolic. Really, I'm not.

For having cheerleaders.

For my air conditioner finally getting fixed (we still need it in September in Texas).

For good beer.

For writing hangouts on Goolge+

[Fred]

You're better than this

look for the trees in the forest

[val dering rojas]

Sugar, salt, sugar — the recipe for resolution.........such a great line, Drew, and so true.

Thankful for so many things, impossible to name here. But yes, thankful like you, for the words I've heard.

[Drew]

Great to read so much thankfulness!

Allyson -- hangouts, beer & cheerleaders. I sense a sports theme, particularly if your sport is poem-writing. : )

Fred - It took me a bit to realize you weren't admonishing me, but sharing what you've heard. Trees over forest -- good one.

Val - Welcome! Great to see you here. Thanks so much for stopping by.