more than...: bob dylan

welcome to the next chapter...

once a long time ago, i read on a blog, "i am a lesbian but thats not all i am". i was then just teetering on the edge coming out as a lesbian. back then, although i understood what she was saying, i was completely drowning in that one dimension of my identity. i knew then i was more than also but such turmoil tends to shrink your field of vision. it is scary and exciting and anticipatory and it is exhausting.

i am almost 5 years out now. some things look differently in my life. some things are the same. but i revel in the knowledge that i am a lesbian and in the knowledge that i really am more than just... my field of vision has grown to include the wide open spaces of life's endless possibilies.

for those of you who know me, you will be able to find the familiar places of my old writings which i will have on the sidebar. for those who stumble upon me and find yourself confused by fragmented references or are struggling to come out later in life, you will find the Closer to Fine link most helpful. I recommend reading it from the beginning, it makes more sense.

one more thing, blame my lack of capital letters on e.e. cummings...

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Monday, October 17, 2011

the problem with thinking you know everything...

we rage against the machines in the beginning of our age

we writhe in pain, we take the stage or put our pen to the page

new ideals, new beliefs in our inevitable naivite'

we strike out on our journey as if our footsteps lead the way.

surprised now as we sit here looking back

we ponder all our seeking and how much more now we lack

we speak of "when", we pour the wine and raise our aging cups

but i wonder friends, the wisdom we sought will let us soon grow up.

~nina~