The Little You Have May Be More Than You Will Ever Need
I once knew an Alice, she was a real doll,
stunningly beautiful, magnetic, grand…
Wherever she went, whatever she did,
she had men eating out of her hand.
Yet for some fucked up reason that defies logic,
more often than not, this Alice was sad.
She felt misunderstood, alone, and above all –
deeply unloved by her man.
And it’s not as if he didn’t love her;
he just didn’t love her enough.
She tested him, pushed all the right buttons
and he finally called her bluff.
But when the said affair was over
surprisingly, Alice suddenly saw
that the little she’d had was actually more
than anything she could’ve ever hoped for.
It seems to me
that no matter how much we have,
no matter how rare and how pure,
we keep on waiting for something
even better to occur.
Once miserable people lose what they have
their perspective changes abruptly,
and for the first time, through tears, in a blur,
they clearly see just how happy
they actually were.
Alice herself told me this that now to you I concede:
The little you have may be more than you will ever need.
So take a long, hard look around at your shit –
It’s about time you start to appreciate it!
Photograph from the series Mad Bunny by Yves Lecoq
he never asked for a photo
she sent them all her own,
some were of her with her kids,
others more close to the bone.
thought she him a king
on a polaroid throne,
collecting snippets of women
whose hearts were alone.
🙂
I have always enjoyed this writing . To this day it still skewers me on the heart, tiny heart that it is and I feel that on my journey through wonderland I hurt some people but I helped a few people too …. of what good is an omelette when eggs must be broken to make it 🙂
Let me respond to that with a song:
Accidents will happen
it’s not just hit and run
some of us return again
under a setting sun
to the places of our darknesses
and spaces we were mean
and people’s hearts left beating
Somewhere in between
This is a whole new song here, Kevin. Love what you’ve done with it.
@ElvisCostello Check this out! 🙂
Keep writing volcano . It keeps me coming back for more smoke 🙂