Eyes open

Gene Kelly, 1952 ca.

I need your grace

To remind me

To find my own.

- Chasing cars, from Eyes Open, Snow Patrol, 2005

Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars

Attese

John Cage, New York, 1964 Photo © Estate Ugo Mulas

I see an empty place at the table.

Whose? Who else's? Who am I kidding?

The boat's waiting. No need for oars
or a wind. I've left the key 
in the same place. You know where. 
Remember me and all we did together. 
Now, hold me tight. That's it. Kiss me 
hard on the lips. There. Now 
let me go, my dearest. Let me go. 
We shall not meet again in this life, 
so kiss me goodbye now. Here, kiss me again. 
Now, my dearest, let me go. 
It's time to be on the way.

- No Need, from A New Path to The Waterfall, Raymond Carver, 1988