11/03/2009

Permission Granted

Every Tuesday Mama shares a personal story.
This week’s story was written by an Anonymous person
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live life out loud

unless you’re just shy

and even if you are just shy

find a way to live out loud

like

pissing your name in the snow

or

driving topless

on a road trip with your nips to the wind

because life is good that way

and people will assume and judge

because we are all imperfect

and imperfect and good

go together

like on dates and stuff

and they hook up

and do wild things

and regret is always there

like a somber judge

listen intently

then go back to being

imperfect and good

and hook up and booze

and fall in love and get up

live out loud

and let those

that assume and judge

do their thing

unless you are a politician

or a corporate muckety muck

or you have to tap dance

in bathroom stalls for sex

write with your

imperfect hand

paint with

your crooked teeth

or sing

you one note wonder!

dance without ever

stepping on

the beat

blog your wonderful

sorry life

just because you can

and when you do this

you will notice

even more imperfection

and that some of us

are butt-holes

and greedy

and maybe this is the part

that I am

describing you

and when you honestly

write, sing, dance,

paint,

you will notice

even more goodness

and imperfection

and that people care

about you

and it is your job

to be imperfect and good

and to love

even the butt-holes and

greedy people

and some folk

have made this exceptionally

challenging

So permission granted

to live out loud

even though

we think no one

will get us

or love us

like we are

imperfect

and good

- Anonymous