slaying monsters
are some people just better at being adults? he asks me,
standing in his blue-plaid pajamas looking bewildered.
we swivel our heads, stunned at this grown-up life --
like we're on a ride at Galaxyland being shot up into space, lightening speed.
i take his hand. we stand in silence. the warm air of our lives envelops us;
adulthood is just another monster to fight,
this love our weaponry.
we have something special, he whispers.
leads me down the hall to bed.
there in the dark we hold each other. terrified. together. forever young.
posted by kanadians in korea @ 7:00 AM
2 Comments:
i had to pause a few moments after reading of your thoughts on adulthood, on love's power, and the incredible value of fidelity. thanks for what you wrote, em. i, too, am mystified at many of life's games and trials.... like a child being asked to run through an obstacle course of fun, varying games -- from hop scotch to chess, scrabble to basketball to Xs and Os -- running along through life as though being watched and timed... can we really be good at all this? why is it that others seem to get through the obstacle course with more grace, speed, and charisma than i manage to simply bumble along? thanks for being honestly dumbfounded at life along with us, emma lee. if Jesus didn't have a bird's eye view then i think we'd all either give up trying to know it all, or just mask our insecure feeling that it's all so much bigger than we are. love you.
It kind of reminds me..that appearances fade with time..but if you see someone for who they are-you can't be disappointed because they will always be, essentially, themselves (still like a kid? :p) haha, doesn't that really mean we're forever young?
I love your stuff though! It makes me think. Sometimes it's good when life's questions aren't answered..in my opinion..it opens up all possibilities. Great write! I love the innocence of it all :p
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