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today i learned more of kaitlin's uncle, the missionary. the world is full of things that make me want to be off to the nunnery.

i walked a labyrinth in a church. i stripped before going in, like christ or inanna. the bell on my boot first, then an army jacket with gifts in the pocket, my boots, a sweater like a net. and i prayed on a mat, hunched over like a foetus or a muslim until i was numb. then i walked. closer, and farther away. and when i got to the center, i felt like no one. and i went to hell. and i learned what hell is: a dark place, huge, holding only one thing. and there were three judges there, or perhaps nine, and they were wearing masks. and they held it. they held my worst thing, and they said that it would always exist. that it would always be true. but that they would keep it. that it wasn't mine anymore. i could have wept. i shall hope that that moment truly was the center. that i'll have to keep going, getting closer and moving farther away, but that i can know that i am on my way out again. either way, though. it isn't mine anymore.

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Date: 2004-11-18 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] netherunicorn.livejournal.com
i find that, as long as i am on my way somewhere, i don't care if i'm going towards or away from the center. though, eventually, i know i will reach it.

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Date: 2004-11-18 07:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earlofgrey.livejournal.com
perhaps. i'm sort of tired of being crazy, though. i'd really rather that was half over.

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Date: 2004-11-18 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] netherunicorn.livejournal.com
agreed. although i have to admit that i'm afraid of what it will be like when i'm not anymore...

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Date: 2004-11-18 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] netherunicorn.livejournal.com
when all you've ever known is insanity (and i think i've told you my reasons why), what will it be like when you aren't anymore? everytime i get closer to my center, i shudder a little at the thought of what it will be like to be that balanced...

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Date: 2004-11-19 04:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earlofgrey.livejournal.com
i think it'll be calmer. clearer. the core of you isn't the thing to fear at all.

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Date: 2004-11-19 01:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] netherunicorn.livejournal.com
i don't really fear it as much, i think. i think it's more that i'm unsure of what it will be like, and that unsettles me. does that make sense?

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Date: 2004-11-19 08:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] netherunicorn.livejournal.com
*breaths sigh of relief* good :)

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Date: 2004-11-18 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orangeflckrgrin.livejournal.com
Wanna, wanna

get married?

~80~

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Date: 2004-11-18 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earlofgrey.livejournal.com
nope. it's the sisterhood for me.

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Date: 2004-11-19 08:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orangeflckrgrin.livejournal.com
I can join the sisterhood, too, and we can do shameful things if you want.

~80~

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Date: 2004-11-19 09:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earlofgrey.livejournal.com
that's better, i admit.

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