Light On My Shoulder

list of goodness entry:
february 12 2008 (midnight)
knocking two kids into a snow bank sprinting after someone who did not deserve to have to wait through the night to know that they deserved another chance.

im exhausted
and need to take a shower before i sleep or my bed will forcibly evict me on sanitary grounds. so for now ill just leave you with one song
not poetically saturated like some of her other great stuff,
but its simple and true

light on my shoulder
by susie suh
It's easier to fall and harder to stand
It's easier to cry and harder to laugh,
And I don’t know how, I don’t know why
But you’re the light on my shoulder
When I'm tired
It's easier to run and harder to be still
It's easier to think and harder to feel,
And I don’t know how, I don’t know why
But you’re the light on my shoulder
When I'm tired
It's easier to hide and harder to trust
It's easier to hate and harder to love
And I don’t know how, I don’t know anything
But you’re the temper in my voice
When I sing