Oh Dear Friend. The song for today is the Carpenter's version of The Rainbow Connection.
This is my second favorite childhood song, second only to the theme song to The Land Before Time, which would have also fit my mood today. This one only won out because I love the Carpenters, and Karen's voice, even when it's happy has a far-off kind of sad quality that reminds me the way Sylvia Plath's voice sounds in my mind.
Today I decided, definitively instead of tentatively, that everything will be better from here on out. Not forever per-say, but for the near-immediate future. I figure, you and I, we've had a rough go of the past several months, (or you know, years...whatever) and all that good stuff we've got coming to us, well, it's way past due.
You and I, we'll be okay. We'll just keep muddling through all this yuck like we always do, and things will work out to one degree or another. The sun will keep rising. Time will keep passing. And we'll keep getting on with life. Because really, when it comes down to it, we're a couple of tough-ass bitches. Even when we don't want to admit it. We patch up our wounds (or cough up all the green snot out of our lungs) and live to fight another day. Even when we're totally exhausted and beyond overwhelmed. If for no other reason, than because we can't quite seem to sit still.
And that Dear Friend, along with a million other reasons, is why I love you so dearly.
Some day we'll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.
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