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'Sometimes' timothy r gates, 02/16/2007



sometimes life kicks you in the teeth

other days, it's in the ass

jesus looks the other way,

turning the other cheek;

but how long?

choosing to breathe is easy, today

choosing to love, not as easy, but like breathing, I am

choosing to hate, no desire to, wasted energy

sometimes you need to see his blue eyes, again

diamonds looking into your soul, knowing what you're afraid to admit

grandpa let me see;

i saw

when my teeth hurt,

he needs to protect my ass

jesus may look the other way;

he never looked the other way

i think that I believe in jesus because i believe in him,

the old man who slept next to my bed

the old man who sat next to my crib

the old man who smiled and bragged about me when i was two

sometimes life spits on you

other days, you laugh

how long, I ask, yet again?

shit, I forgot that to-day is the only day;

i turn my other cheek



'If there is to be any peace it will come through being not having.' + Henry Miller 'Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.' + Martin Luther King Jr. 'The search for Truth is the search for God.' + Gandhi