The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24738 Message #285091
Posted By: hesperis
25-Aug-00 - 12:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000
Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000
Neither.
I'm not either into being crushed or into crushing others. Grapes do not recover from bruising, people can, in time heal from wounds brought on by others.
Flowers crushed underfoot can sometimes spring up prettier than before, but people are not for being trodden on.
I am a dancer, and a musician. Not granite, I am flesh and blood and bone, and would not purposely hurt anyone. Not a grape, I am not for being consumed by others, or for dying in the bringing forth of my seeds... I am for living. I live for myself, for my Art, and for humanity.
If I am not good at the dance, and bump into someone and hurt them, I apologize, and dance on. If someone is not good at the dance and bumps into me unintentionally, I forgive them, share a laugh, and dance on. If someone steps on my toes intentionally to hurt me, I don't dance with them anymore, and maybe write a song to relieve my pain. If someone dances a measure with me well, I remember them in my heart forever.
I am not granite or a grape, I am a human being. I am a musician, I am a dancer.