Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Love Warrior

The Coward
believes he will live forever
if he holds back in the battle
but when in old age
he shall have no peace
though spears have spared his limbs.



-Name Withheld

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's Ariana..i miss you. it's been so long. i havent had a computer in years. i have been homeless. i am doing alright now though. i have thought about you everyday since last we spoke. and sometimes i tell you stories through the moon. i hope you can feel them sometimes. i love you!

Dainon. said...

Speaking of spears, these words pierced me. Thank you.

Jason and Emily said...

Ariana,

I think about you all the time. I gasped to see your name! Yes, I have felt you through our moon...you don't need to doubt that. I've tried getting a hold of you to no avail.

Do you still have my email address?

Jason and Emily said...

Dainon, thanks for not only feeling it, but telling me about it.

Skye said...

I love the power of this analogy. I love the poem. Yet something about it throws me off, too. Mixing love and war together like that.

much to think about.

Jason and Emily said...

LOL!!! LOVING!!!! I love I love I love I love I love I love I love I love....

Look at the miracles right in front of my face. Right here in this little comment box. Look at all the love warriors!! You're being pierced, you're being thoughtful, you're being connected without words...you're allowing yourself to be affected.

I'm so into you all.

I'm just

Jason and Emily said...

I'm just... um yeah what did I want to say? Pushed "publish your comment" too soon. So yeah that's it. I'm just.

Anonymous said...

no i dont still have it. i havent checked my email in a couple years now. it should still be wearelivingart@hotmail.com

i love you.

<3 Ariana.

Stargirl said...

Ariana, I feel confident that the Universe is watching over you! I have been search search searching for you the past couple of weeks, and thinking a lot about you. Is there a way I can find you? I'm still in PDX.

Jason and Emily said...

YAY Stargirl! Yay Ariana! You know, that ceremony we three had with the fake fire and our given earth names glued us together. After years of silence, here we all are again.

I hope the rest of you are enjoying being witness to this little reunion!

Stargirl said...

Yes, I've been thinking quite a lot...

A couple weeks ago I dug out some of Ariana's drawings. I put one up in my classroom, next to my desk, as a reminder of magic. Dozens of students have asked me where the drawing came from, and every time I want to tell them all about the Universe and art and love and miracles, but all they're looking for is a name. "An old friend of mine," is all I'll say. I'm waiting for someone to ask whose eyes really want to know the truth.