my other birthday

[threeplusfire]

This is the day in 1997 on which I tried to die.
That thought does not pain me so much anymore.
The wound is finally healing, and changing.
I am alive. I am happy to be alive.
There is so much.

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I'm happy you're alive too. :-)

[water-damage.livejournal.com]

I am a feather on the bright sky
I am the blue horse that runs in the plain
I am the fish that rolls, shining, in the water
I am the shadow that follows a child
I am the evening light, the lustre of meadows
I am an eagle playing with the wind
I am a cluster of bright beads
I am the farthest star
I am the cold of the dawn
I am the roaring of the rain
I am the glitter on the crust of the snow
I am the long track of the moon in a lake
I am a flame of four colors
I am a deer standing away in the dusk
I am a field of sumac and the pomme blanche
I am an angle of geese in the winter sky
I am the hunger of a young wolf
I am the whole dream of these things
You see, I am alive, I am alive
I stand in good relation to the earth
I stand in good relation to the gods
I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful
I stand in good relation to the daughter of Tsen-tainte
You see, I am alive, I am alive

--N. Scott Momaday, "The Delight Song of Tsaoi-talee"

[reive.livejournal.com]

glad you're here
for more reasons than the shared addiction.

*inarticulate*, but wanted to say hello.

Is that you btw, in the icon finally?