news and a poem

exciting news: i joined an ultimate league in fayetteville! yes, it deserves an exclamation mark. now i will not be without ultimate for the rest of the summer as i had feared. they also play pick-up on thursdays, and after my first day of playing on tuesday, it seems that there are more great players than there are in little rock, so hopefully that’ll stretch my game and i’ll get better. and the other news is that, for the very first time, i own a cell phone. yes, it’s true…so, who wants to call me?

and now a poem…

maybe there are bright lights up ahead,
but right now it’s so dark that
even the lighthouse is glowing dead,
and my heart makes its home within.

suddenly i see a sign:
it’s flashing red, insistent,
and i know i’ve got to get away,
but it’s so comfortable here.

so i hang on to my illusion,
resolved to stay
cause what’s the worse that could happen?
who’s that calling my name?

run away, run away
the bright lights shout:
their luminant voices
hurt my eyes and sting my mouth

i’m fighting the truth,
and though i know i’m not right,
the battle rages on,
screaming through the night;

at last the darkness defeated flees
and i can no longer resist,
so i crumble into the flame:
my thirst quenched.