thanks again for the orange juice

i thought about you all the time
and i wrote some things on paper
after a while i felt like i was being tested
but that feeling grew tired as the time grew later
they say that love knows no bounds
they tell me all kinds of things
i knew i'd made a few bad choices
and that a single chance could change the situation
i went on journeys through the city
chases through my imagination
wound up mistaking you for another
on more than one occasion
there's something lasting and eternal
in your presence
that led me back to you
if you only knew
how much i wanted you
maybe you do
i couldn't take the pain
and now it's back again
what else could make me feel this way
other than the memory of witnessing your happy face?
to shed my attachment to just that
i asked someone to throw the paper away
through all of this i still claim
that i will never forget your name

Sometimes when I'm by myself, I ask you questions.

There is the beach. Nice, yeah?



If I think of it, I might share this picture with you.






What is patience, really?

first day the snow stuck (11/16/2008)

written 11/17/2008:

all of the water you should have been drinking
all of the brain cells that vetoed your thinking
how many people does it take to explain
that life isn't fair and it sure isn't easy?

there's a lot that existed before you and i did
and i admit that i am just part of the lineage
my anxiety subsides for a moment that lasts for someone's lifetime
the give and take supplies nothing and something all at once

leave it to me to make the profound observatory statement
this is when the word plural comes in with ironic placement
and all the purrs of a lifetime add up and really come through
thanks, Rosa
i feel better

Oh

"Oh"
by Zach Power
11.13.08


while my head goes through cycles
the rhythm continues
and somewhere outside i am sitting and listening, carefully
embracing a pen recording events

down the street midnight traffic is minding
their cell phone calls, speedometers,
license plates, green yellow red lights
all while driving forward
the wind chime gently sways

rain drops have lost their immediacy
now resting on yellow leaves
waiting on gravity to again give them the rush
of free falling to earth
which they love so much

how i rest in the middle
between fact and fantasy
living so casually it makes me want anything
that might just be good for me
as long as it's good for you too

oh, how i struggle with the world
in ways i find so unimaginable

oh, how i want to find my way
through the illusions that seem impassible

oh, how you fill me with your spirit
so untarnished and remarkable

it all just makes me oh, so humbled
by the mystery of what we are

oh, how it makes me want to sing
oh, how it makes me sing

by now the passion is back in me
and there's so many memories flashing by
pushing their way to the surface
and i can't sit still
while my body gets these chills
there's just so much that's calling me back home
wherever that may be

i never meant to leave so recklessly
i didn't give myself enough time
to think through the consequences
of saying goodbye to everything i knew

what can i do now but hope and pray
that i might make it back to say
that you made me what i am and
i thank you for everything you've done
will you be there?

oh, how i struggle with the world
in ways i find so unimaginable

oh, how i want to find my way
through the illusions that seem so impassible

oh, how you fill me with your spirit
so untarnished and remarkable

it all just makes me oh, so humbled
by the mystery of what we are

oh, how it makes me want to sing
oh, how it makes me sing
oh, how it makes me want to sing
oh, how it makes me sing

oh, how it makes me sing

"Musical Intelligence"

Your result for Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test...

Musical

25% Logical, 37% Spatial, 39% Linguistic, 39% Intrapersonal, 14% Interpersonal, 51% Musical, 16% Bodily-Kinesthetic and 14% Naturalistic!

"This area has to do with rhythm, music, and hearing. Those who have a high level of musical-rhythmic intelligence display greater sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones and music. They normally have good pitch and may even have absolute pitch, and are able to sing, play musical instruments, and compose music. Since there is a strong auditory component to this intelligence, those who are strongest in it may learn best via lecture. In addition, they will often use songs or rhythms to learn and memorize information, and may work best with music playing in the background.

Careers which suit those with this intelligence include instrumentalists, singers, conductors, disc-jockeys, and composers." (Wikipedia)

Take Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test at HelloQuizzy

translate the message

translate the message
come on
translate the message
come on

the art is in the heart beat
the art is in the heart beat
the earth is in your heart beating
your heart beating

do you remember
when you laughed because i smiled?
i was smiling behind my eyes
back where it's dark most of the time
i was smiling from far inside
where i could feel you in me
i knew you could see me
i can see your love
do you remember
when you laughed because i smiled?

translating the message
come to
translating the message
you are already there

i know what I'm trying to say
what I'm going to communicate
do you believe me?
here's what's going on
my ideas are gifts from you
that's the truth
you've found it

the art is in the heart beat
the art is in the heart beat
the earth is in your heart beating
your heart beating

do you remember
when you laughed because i smiled?
i was smiling behind my eyes
back where it's dark most of the time
i was smiling from far inside
where i can feel you in me
i know you can see me
i can see your love
do you remember
when you laughed because i smiled?

the art is in the heart beat
(translate the message)
the art is in the heart beat
(come on)
the earth is in your heart beating
(translate the message)
your heart beating
(here's what's going on)
your heart beating
(my ideas are gifts from you)
your heart beating
(that's the truth)
you've found us