put down my thoughts in a letter to the president
penciled and packaged with all due respect
elvis commemoratives just for effect
never heard back: you think you know a guy
wired my congrats to chuck and di some time ago
all my love to the queen
my invitation was lost in the mail
but i know i was missed
when they kissed 'neath the veil
i sent a nice gift; never got a note
but my closet's a shrine to an old friend of mine
here i talk all the time with a prophet priest...
i pull out boxes and brooms
and i gush like a groom
for it's here i commune with
a prophet, priest and king
if i indeed am misperceived
by some heads of state.
hey, that's great
'cause i talk to a prophet who tells me the truth
and i dine with a king at my home in duluth
better yet i'm in touch with a much needed friend
who hears my confessions and pardons my sin.
still my closet's a shrine to an old friend of mine
here i talk all the time with a prophet, preist...
i pull out the boxes and brooms
i gush like a groom
for it's here i commune with
a prophet, priest and king
~smalltown poets
PennyDaisy 
Wow, that article was amazing! Everybody in the world should read it!Thank you for talking with me last night and offering your advice and caring. You are such a good sister.
(smile) nice memories there.
Two things about the article you linked to.One is just a minor observation…Rob’s example about the guy being afraid of giving up mountain biking was pretty odd to me. I know he used it to make a point. And I also know when two people’s lives merge that way, some things that each of them bring will fade away just because of attrition. There simply is not time for two people’s complete interests and an entirely new set of shared interests. But if either member of a couple loved something very much that wasn’t sin, I would hope that if the other one loved them, they would encourage the pursuit of what their loved one loved, not treat it as a threat or anything. I like to believe if I ever marry, and the girl is an artist or a snowboarder or whatever, I would encourage her to do those things. Because she loved them, and because if I love her, I love everything she is and these pursuits reflect who she is. And I hope she would do the same for me. Just an observation…The other thing that hit me is the part about the girl who had the guy who wasn’t what she needed him to be. And that whole passage about loving a person as though they already, for lack of a better term, measure up. I have to confess, I don’t do that. People pretty much have to “prove it”, if that makes sense, which is not very Christlike. But on the other side of the coin, as far as people go, I have never been loved like that either. I have always pretty much felt like people either want something or love me out of obligation (which is something I fear most of us as Christians are guilty of, at least in part…we “love” people because Jesus said to, not because we are genuinely interested in them. I heard a Pastor one time confess the entire reason he was befriending people was to see them saved…no genuine concern for who they were as people whatsoever…seems a bit phony to me)…Anyway, it just hit me that I have been looking for that kind of unconditional approval my whole life to no avail. In romance, in friendships, with my relatives…I don’t know how to straighten it out, but it did give me some insight into why I act and feel like I do most of the time.This is probably TMI and a very long comment. But the long comment form seems to be how we communicate best!
Smalltown Poets has the best lyrics ever.PERIOD.I love Lifehouse.I love Jars of Clay.I love Switchfoot.Bebo’s awesome.There are so many great artist and bands.But Smalltown Poets lyrics and tune just knock me off my feet and give me goosebumps and make we want to sing and pray all in the same moment with the same words.”My every hope and fearIs captured hereWith Thee.””When you’ve walked a hard mile,Will you walk one more?””Had your rules and broke them.Can’t ear to see your own face.Now, as justice accuses, you get a thirst for Grace.””Sing a song about a higher love,That we would know it at first sight.Sing it loud and long enough.He can make it real tonight.””Hallelujah! Hallelujah!Sing the blessings, sing them down!”