Fire

[Reese Garcia]

Love has no ugly side
Jealousy has no beautiful side

I'm gonna talk really slow
So every spinning word
Makes perfect sense
On this sensual carousel
Of love and desire

She wastes her time with me
Because I create moments out of thin air.
While every second goes by
I make the universe get a little wider
So I can keep finding that new way
To show my deepest affection

She doesn't waste her time with me
Because I buried life's only hourglass
Under California
Where there's so much sand
I'm surprised we aren't getting any younger

Time is wasted on a Portuguese coast

Or somewhere else, farther away.

Copyright © 2010 Reese Garcia

[carm]

Time is free, but it is incalculable, rare.
You can't possess it, but you can embrace it.
You can't conserve it, but you can invest in it.
Once depleted, it is lost, forever spent.
Don't be trapped by dogma.
Apply your own inner voice.
Follow your heart and mind's intuition.
For, all else is but secondary.

[Reese Garcia]

Investment in it? I've got some decent stocks and mutual finds in Time

[carm]

And so, ask not what your investments can do for you. Ask what you can do towards such investments. Yesterday is now, but a cancelled check; tomorrow is but a promissory note; But, today, today is the only cash you have - so invest it wisely.

[Reese Garcia]

I think I'll invest it in Google, they're stocks have been on a pretty steady rise for the past few months. As far as yesterday being a cancelled check? I'm calling the IRS.

[carm]

Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.

LOL

[Juan Juanders]

I'm rather taken with your words Reese, especially the following:

Love has no ugly side
Jealousy has no beautiful side

I'm gonna talk really slow
So every spinning word
Makes perfect sense
On this sensual carousel
Of love and desire

The first two lines are so interesting. When I read them the first few times I agreed absolutely, but the more I consider them the less sure I am of their absolute truth... I need to think about this some more...

I love the second stanza, so graphically fluid...the motion makes me deliciously woozy...

Thanks

Juan

[Reese Garcia]

Thank you so much, Juan. You're words are extremely encouraging.

The first two lines are very controversial, I know. In order to carry the meaning that they do, Love and Jealousy must be looked at in more narrow terms. The meaning for Love that I decided to use was the pure affection and happiness that two people, deeply in love share with each other. When taken in its simplest form, it's a very beautiful, unmarred entity. The meaning for Jealousy that I decided to use is nearly the opposite. It's very envious and fearful of others, whether it be past or present. I do understand how these concepts can have many facets to them, however.

[Juan Juanders]

I do understand how these concepts can have many facets to them, however.

That is precisely why I find those two lines so fascinating and thought-provoking and a great opening for the piece. Those concepts deliver a terrific philosophical riddle...or a scientific theory to test...

I think I shall take some time examining everyday life for ugliness in love and beauty in jealousy... I'll let you know what I observe!

Juan

[Reese Garcia]

I think I'll do the same! I really couldn't be happier that you've found that much to contemplate from just two lines. This is my goal/ purpose, and is what motivates and encourages me to write.

[RKGoodhew]

Yo Reese...

the first two lines were such a magnet... i read them and like the cyclotrons magnets they pulled and defelcted my thoughts ...
but when i read

"I'm gonna talk really slow
So every spinning word
Makes perfect sense"

i thought of how we each see things differently and hear things differently...
the karmashire (field of karma our past actions ) that we are born with is slightly different for all and the seeds planted sprout as a result of external conditions and the soil.... so slow talk will leave time for you to see what is similar and what is differnt between the two of you... but you did meet each other in ths vast mass of the world ...so that is a big similarity... what is he lilkyhood of two grains of sand meeting on a beach...

as i go for my walk i will think of your poem and see both the good and the bad in rain...

thank you
Robin..