hora ashimoto wo mitegoran

kore ga anata no ayumu michi

hora mae wo mitegoran

are ga anata no mirai...

Terikagayaku taiyou to

Yaketa hada ga mabushii ne

Nagakatta ano toki ga ima yomigaeru

Nagakatta you de mijikai

Suteki na omoide no tsukihi

Makkuro na kao ga monogatatte iru yo

Kaerigiwa basu no mado kara mieru koutei

Suteki da ne isshou kenmei na sugata ga

Me ni yakitsuiteru

Minna no chikara de

Tsukuriageru purei

Kesshite sore wa hitori dake no chikara de wa nai sa

Tsurai toki kanashii toki

Sasaete kureru minna

Sore ga chiimuwaaku nanda ne

Honban no butai de kurihirogerareru kessen no hibi

Kattemo maketemo

Hitomi wa kagayaiteta

Kaerigiwa basu no mado kara mieru koutei

Suteki da ne isshou kenmei na sugata ga

Me ni yakitsuiteru

Suteki da ne konna notte

Suteki da ne akogare da ne

Kondo wa watashi ga suteki ni naritai

Mimamotte ite ne...

...because I knew you...

So much of me
is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
by being my friend...

...just a little...

i love you
you're not perfect
don't change

Dear Old Shiz

O, hallowed halls and vine draped walls
the proudliest site there is.
When grey and seer our hair hath turned,
we shall still revere the lessons learned
in our days at dear old Shiz.

So though I can't imagine how, I hope you're happy right now…

Something has changed within me

Something is not the same

It's time to trust my instincts

Close my eyes...and leap!

I hope you're happy

Now that you're choosing this

I hope it brings you bliss

I really hope you get it

And you don't live to regret it

I hope you're happy in the end

I hope you're happy,

my friend...

...green...

Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
...
Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
...
Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in
...
Don't wish, don't start

Wishing only wounds the heart

...all good things must come to an end...

" Hi, Amy, it's mom. Well, by the time you see this, I won't be here anymore, and I know how much that sucks, for both of us. So seeing as how I won't be around to thoroughly annoy you, I thought I would give you a little list of the things that I wish for you. Well, there's the obvious. An education. Family. Friends. And a life that is full of the unexpected. Be sure to make mistakes. Make a lot of them, because there's no better way to learn and to grow, all right? And, um, I want you to spend a lot of time at the ocean, because the ocean forces you to dream, and I insist that you, my girl, be a dreamer. God. I've never really believed in god. In fact, I've spent a lot of time and energy trying to disprove that god exists. But I hope that you are able to believe in god, because the thing that I've come to realize, sweetheart... is that it just doesn't matter if god exists or not. The important thing is for you to believe in something, because I promise you that that belief will keep you warm at night, and I want you to feel safe always. And then there's love. I want you to love to the tips of your fingers, and when you find that love, wherever you find it, whoever you choose, don't run away from it. But you don't have to chase after it either. You just be patient, and it'll come to you, I promise, and when you least expect it, like you, like spending the best year of my life with the sweetest and the smartest and the most beautiful baby girl in the world. You don't be afraid, sweetheart. And remember, to love is to live. "

...just one latte...

There's a boy who works at Starbucks
Who is very inspirational.
He is very inspirational
...because of many things.
I come in at 8:11, and he smiles and says, "How are you?"
When he smiles and says, "How are you?"
I could swear my heart grows wings!
So today at 8:11I decided I should meet him
I decided I should meet him in a proper formal way.
So today at 8:11 when he smiled and said "How are you?"
I said "Fine, and my name's Kristin,"
And he softly answered, "Hey."
And I said "My name is Kristin, and thank you for the extra foam…"
And he said his name was Taylor,
which provides the inspiration for this poem:

Taylor the latte boy, Bring me java, bring me joy!
Oh Taylor the latte boy, I love him, I love him, I love him…

So I’d like to get my nerve up to recite my poem musical.
He would like the fact it’s musical because he plays guitar.
So today at 8:11, Taylor told me he was playing in a band down in the village in the basement of a bar.
And he smoothly flipped the lever to prepare my double latte,
But for me he made it triple! (And he didn’t think I knew)
But I saw him flip the lever, and for me he made it triple,
And I knew that triple latte meant that Taylor loved me too!
I said, "What time are you playing? And thank you for the extra skim…"
He said, "Keep the $3.55," because this triple latte was on him.

Taylor the latte boy, Bring me java, bring me joy!
Oh Taylor the latte boy, I love him, I love him, I love him…

I used to be the kind of girl who’d run when love rushed toward her.
But finally a voice whispered, "Love can be yours, If you step up to the counter and order!"

So many years my heart has waited,
Who’d have thought that love could be so caffeinated?

Taylor, the latte boy, I love him, I love him, I love him.
I love him, I love him, I love him.

...lost...

Love, look away!
Love look away from me
Fly when you pass my door,
fly and get lost at sea.

Call it a day
Love, let us say we're through.
No good are you for me,
no good am I for you.

Wanting you so, I try too much;
after you go, I cry too much.

Love, look away
- lonely though I may be -
leave me and set me free
look away,

look away

look away from me...

...a wish and a star...

Goodnight, my someone, goodnight, my love
Sleep tight, my someone, sleep tight, my love
Our star is shining its brightest light,
for goodnight, my love, for goodnight

Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be
Sweet dreams to carry you close to me
I wish they may and I wish they might
Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight

True love can be whispered from heart to heart,
when lovers are parted they say.
But I must depend on a wish and a star
as long as my heart doesn't know who you are

Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be
Sweet dreams to carry you close to me
I wish they may and I wish they might
Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight

I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine!
It's not a problem
It's just a challenge
It's a challenge to resist…

temptation

...again...

taylor, the latte boy
bring me java, bring me joy


can't believe i am doing this again
and again..............
..............and again............
........and again............and
again...............

"If you think back and replay your year, and it doesn't bring you tears of joy or sadness, consider it wasted."

profound
1. Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being
"the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
2. Of the greatest intensity; complete
"a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"
3. Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
"profound social changes"
4.Coming from deep within one
"a profound sigh"
5. Situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
"the profound depths of the sea"

nothing left to lose...

...nothing left to hold on to

LIFE is... ~another story~ (平井堅 )

Jibun wo tsuyoku misetari
Jibun wo umaku misetari
Doushite bokura wa konnani
ikigurushii ikikata erabu no?
...
Kotae nado doko ni mo nai
Daremo oshiete kure nai
Demo kimi wo omou to kono mune wa
nanika wo sakenderu
...sore dake wa shinjitsu

Eien wa doko nimo nai
Daremo fureru koto wa nai
Demo kimi ga warau to sono saki wo
shinjite mitaku naru
te wo nobashitaku naru

Kotae nado doko nimo nai
Daremo oshiete kure nai
Demo kimi wo omou to kono mune wa
itami wo dakishimeru
...sore dake ga shinjitsu

anything but quiet!

There's a life I'm meant to lead
A life like nothing I have known
I can feel it
and it's far from here
I've got to find it on my own.

I'll find my way
I'll find it far away
I'll find it in unexpected and unknown
I'll find my life in my own way

I will blaze until I find my time and place
I will be fearless
Surrendering modesty and grace
I will not disapear without a trace
I'll shout and start a riot
Be anything but quiet

at last...

...no day but today...

525,600 minutes - 525,000 moments so dear.
How do you measure a year in the life?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

525,600 minutes - 525,000 journeys to plan.
How can you measure the life of a woman or man?
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.

It's time now to sing out,
though the story never ends
let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
Remember the love!

Measure in love.

Seasons of love...