There are times in life
When all you can do is give up
She was alone with an empty heart
Meeting him was the last thing she expected
All her life when something went wrong it
That’s exactly what it was
Wrong
Her mom was in heaven
And her dad had dismissed her
Day by day she felt like it was getting harder
And harder to cope
One wrong turn meant five more wrong turns
She never was a lucky girl
Often times she tried to escape
She tried everything to get away but nothing got her far enough away
People in her life were barely there at all
They disappeared from her life
Just as fast as they had appeared
Sometimes we feel like we are trapped under a knife
The hard ships are the things that are
TRUE IN LIFE
Today, was a different day
Well
Today was a different day
Today was like a planet
A planet that I never knew
Once in a while I’ll understand
But today I’m sad to say
I don’t understand at all
The way you look
The way you touch
The way you use your words
Are ways I have not seen
In any fairy tale before
You say I don’t see
I say you don’t see
So maybe they say we don’t see
How much we truly are
The ones in the light
The ones not hidden in the dark
Most of the time your right
But this time
I’m right
And yet you walk away
Like it wasn’t a good day
The fact is that
Most people don’t think
The way you think
And if you intend
To wait for that very moment
When one person will agree
Then you will be alone
For far longer than you wish
I’m sorry to see you go
And I’ll be sorry to hear them say
All the lies you spread
But one day
One day you’ll see
How different it was today.
The days you don’t want to go
Life in general has ups and downs; days that make you appreciate what you have and days that make you want to throw all that away. I think it’s different for everyone, depending on their life styles and what they’ve been through. Some people seem so damn happy because they have all this stuff. Well that’s what we see at least. We see their possessions and their great careers and their perfect families. We see the smiles on their face that seem so real, how could they be so happy? Does having everything you desire really make you happy? Does having a new car or a high class job make you feel fulfilled? Or maybe that’s just what they want us to think. Maybe they aren’t really all that happy. Maybe they’re just like us. Maybe they just throw on a fake smile and call it good. Maybe; we aren’t alone. Once in awhile there will be a day that just feels complete, just feels so innocent and perfect like the world was intended to be. But then there are days that don’t feel like that at all. Days that feel like you can hear and see and feel every disturbed thing in this world. The days you don’t want to go..don’t want to go out into the mess of people. Into the ocean of troubles, struggles and lies. Days you just want to fall into the deepest sleep and stay in a place where you can decide how everything plays out. When you’d just rather pull that blanket up over your head and hide from everything. Those are the days you don’t want to go. To be fair to the world I have to acknowledge the (few) good days. Because they do happen, once in a great while.
Silence
I just want to sit and stare
Take all of you in
For as long as it takes
I don’t care
Let me stare
At you into you through you
Until I’ve memorized
Every lipstick lip
And worried lines
Drown my eyes
In your sea
I just want the absence of light
And an abundance of you
Until my lungs collapse
Until my throat contracts
In the silence you create
You are all the air I need
Investment scandal
A 50 year old investment manager was arrested on Thursday because he had been promising investors that they would have access to Groupon, Facebook and other private companies. John A. Mattera is being charged for running an $11 million dollar, two-year fraud. Mattera claimed to own shares of each company and told the investors that they would be more valuable after the companies went public. Though he never really had those investments. (ChargedinNY)
Evidence shows that he was using millions of investor money to maintain his expensive lifestyle. Some things he used it for: $245,000 for work done to his home, $11,000 for clothing, and more than $17,000 spent on his boat. “Mattera is being charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.” Preet S. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement, “With today’s charges, his charade is exposed and he will be held to account for his alleged crimes.” (Kevin Roose)
I am not really affected by this event. But I think people will do anything and everything when it comes to money. People have done far worse things than this just to get more money. Obviously if he is willing to risk his whole life then he deserves whatever he is sentenced. I honestly don’t see why the whole world revolves around money. Why can’t we all just concentrate on peace and harmony! :)
For a family who didn’t understand the cultural differences this was a shock. A little boy named Ian Swanson and his family moved from the United States to northern Sweden, a small town called, Umea. Since he was only 5 he didn’t leave many friends back in America, he made all his friends in Umea. He learned to read and wright and play there. He was interested in all sorts of things like most little boys are. Since they were from America, like most American families, his punishment for being naughty would be a spanking or harsh tones. Apparently that wasn’t the way they did it in Sweden. The school sent a social worker to his house and had a “talk” with his family about “the abuse” that has been going on. The little boy had to translate the conversation for his parents because he was learning the language faster than they were. In 1979 Sweden was the first country to ban physical punishment of children. Now today there are 30 more countries that have passed that ban. And it has been banned in schools. (CNN)
Country/state/territory Corporal punishment prohibited in the home Prohibited in schools Afghanistan No Yes Albania No Yes Algeria No Yes Andorra No Yes Angola No No Antigua & Barbuda No No Argentina No Yes Armenia No Yes Australia No Some Austria Yes
Yes
I find it very odd that there is an actual ban on physical punishment for children. The majority of the world believes in the Bible and Jesus, and it says in there that spanking your children for the purpose of teaching them a lesson and keeping them out of trouble, is what God intended. How could they then pass this ban? I agree that when it has gotten to the point of child abuse then it needs to be stopped. But just spanking your child occasionally when they are naughty, is perfectly okay in my opinion. I grew up with spankings, time-outs, and yelling. How else are you going to teach them not to do bad things? Now as for the physical punishment in school, I think there should definitely be a ban on that. If a child needs to be punished, that is up to the parents, NOT THEIR TEACHERS.
st. valentine….(this makes me feel sad and hopeful at the same time)
i forgot
to mail you a card
saint valentine,
you were kind
of a friend of mine,
before you said goodbye
at the top of the brooklyn bridge.
i forgot
to mail you that card
saint valentine,
these cold times
will be fine, be fine,
i’ll make sure to address
the envelope to: east river
(who knew you were lonely?
who knew you were lonelier
than me?)
i forgot
to mail you a card,
saint valentine,
i’m sorry i forgot.
Perfect Sense.
I make perfect sense to myself. When I talk I know what I’m talking about, I know what I’m thinking, I understand myself. How can other people not understand me? I feel that I am very clear when I state something. It bothers me and frustrates me when people look at me like I’m crazy and I don’t know what I’m talking about. Well I do. If you don’t understand me, then I’m sorry. But I understand myself perfectly. -Frustrated
The way tragedy seems to follow us down a path. Yet others seem untouched by pain. The way the rain is pouring down on only this man; resembles the way one person can feel like they are the only one feeling a certain way.
