literature

I

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Published: Oct 5, 2011

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Literature Text

I...am a piece of paper,
That's lying before you,
As your thoughts, they waver
I...am the sips of life,
You drink, that you savor
I...am everywhere you are

I...
Am the road trip to Phoenix
I...
Am the tears as you're leaving
I...
Am your consolation
I...
Am that split second hesitation
I...
Am your exhausted patience
I...
Am the anger of the innocent
I...
Am the path you are taking
I...
Am the alarm when you're waking
I...
Am the choice that you are making
And I...
Am the smile...
That you...

Are faking

I...! Will hold you till tomorrow
I...! Will take away the sorrow
I...! Will be your blushing bride
I...! Will be the love that you deny!
I...! Will be the weight you carry
I...! Will be the deeds that you are daring
I...! Will be the kiss, sent from afar...
Because, I...! Am everywhere you are

I...
Am the thoughts you're dreaming
I...
I am all the children singing
I...
Am the drummer in the band
I...
Am the one who helps you stand
I...
Am the sad good-bye
I...
Am all the times you tried
I...
Am the passion and the danger
I...
Am that time you hugged a stranger
I...
Am that time you crashed your car
And I...
Am you...
When you give up...

Because it's just so damn hard

I...! Will hold you till tomorrow
I...! Will take away the sorrow
I...! Will be your blushing bride
I...! Will be the love that you deny!
I...! Will be the weight you carry
I...! Will be the deeds that you are daring
I...! Will be the kiss, sent from afar...
Because, I...! Am everywhere you are

I...
Am everyone I've met
And I...
Will still be them when I'm dead
And everyone I've met...
Is...

Me

I...! Will hold you till tomorrow
I...! Will take away the sorrow
I...! Will be your blushing bride
I...! Will be the love that you deny!
I...! Will be the weight you carry
I...! Will be the deeds that you are daring
I...! Will be the kiss, sent from afar...
Because, I...! Am everywhere you are!
I...! Will be your newborn child
I...! Will be your teacher and your trial
I...! Will be your pain when you're kneeling
I...! Will be the words that you're reading
Because, these words...! They are just me bleeding
I...! Will be your healing wounds, and your scars...
Because, I...! Am everywhere...

You are...

jlp October 4, 2011

This piece says exactly what you think it does, but that needs to be explained.

Every single person we come in contact with, no matter the way we experience them, changes us, they become part of us, even if we never see them, talk to them, or touch them.

For instance, I will never in any way speak to or see many who will read this, but the simple fact that they've read it will change me.

THEY will change me, simply by reading this.

And because they've changed me, I've also changed them, and they will in turn change everyone I meet, and I will change everyone they meet, no matter how it happens.

In this manner, every person who has ever lived has changed every other person who has lived, and it can happen in an astonishingly short period of time, for instance, people all over the world read my words, in basically every country...

Now just imagine all the people they know, and all those they'll meet, and so on.

I am now part of you, and you are part of me, each of us will forever be where the other is.

It's that simple. It's also that breath-taking.

In choosing the name for this piece, I really only had "I", and "Everywhere You Are" to choose from, I chose the former because I wanted everyone who reads it to see themselves in what they read, not just me, I wanted each person to read it like they were reading their own words.

It's understandable, when you realize that by reading these words, these words will become you, and you will become these words.

Also, the latter title has a much more romantic feel to it, and that is not the purpose here, not at all, so I didn't wish for someone to see the title an go "GAHROMANCE!".