27
Jun
stay with you ’til the end of the earth
(or: june 27’s honey from the hive)
posted at 5:21 am by brandon in sweet you rock and sweet you roll
Katie Melua — “If the Lights Go Out” (from Pictures
Thinking today of A and his extended family — which, sadly, now contains one less member than it did a day ago — and pondering the crazy fragility of life, the impenetrable strength of memory, and the comforting wisdom of music. Tomorrow is promised to none of us, so the best things we possess in tomorrow’s stead are love (love of our partners, of our children, of our friends, of our enemies, of old acquaintance not forgot), and song (always song, always this nutty idea of random words stitched together in some rhyme scheme or another to effect the magnificent splendor of melody). (I love you, A.)
