Mind the Gap
Mind the gap
between
What you think you should look like
and what your body is.
Between
what you thought you thought you would be,
and who you are now.
Between
what you thought love was
and how it is daily, between the dishes and the washing machines.
Between
the kind of parent you were going to be
and the tears and the screams.
Between
the kind of kids you dreamed of
and the kids you have.
Between
the one big way you thought you’d change the world,
and the tiny, daily, unnoticed things.
Between
who you think he or she should be,
and who they are in reality.
Between
What your head says,
and what your body and heart communicate.
Between
What society expects of you,
and who you know yourself to be.
Between
What you want,
and what you need.
Between
your words,
and your deeds.
Between
what you know to be true for you,
and how like to please other people.
Between
The wordly treadmill of 9 to 5,
and what you want to do before you die.
Mind the gap indeed,
for the bigger the gap,
the bigger the fall,
the bigger the pain.
[thank you Jon Lydon for yet another stunning photo]
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Thanks for being here.
Julie
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