Imagine What I Could Do With This From Here
"IMAGINE WHAT I COULD DO
WITH THIS FROM HERE"
when I first met her I told
her there would be a lot she
would learn from me. she
looked at me with contempt
and asked: “will I be able to
teach you anything? you think
you’ll learn anything from
me?” my reply was simple:
“well I’ll teach you
everything you haven’t
learned, everything you
missed. I’m sure throughout
our relationship, I’ll look
to you for your help.” that
was the end of our
conversation. it had to be.
we had a vibrant relationship
ahead. there were a thousand
lessons she got from me and
even now she is still
learning. even if she won’t
admit it. as she learns more,
putting it into play, our
bump in the road is
diminishing and soon, the
elephants will dance and
celebrate our love. but of
those thousand lessons she
managed to give me one. it
was an important one. I used
to ask myself, what could
this woman teach me? I wanted
to know. if there had been
any way to find out sooner, I
would have given away my
smokes and beer just to find
out. alas I did and it was a
lesson so great, I now live
in it. she taught me how to
love without fear. although
my lessons are now embedded
into her brain, hers was one
that I learned as I was
giving her hers. as I taught,
she taught. as she learned, I
learned. I used to ask
myself, what could this woman
teach me? I remember so many
times I wanted to give up but
I loved her. to quote Sean
Maguire: “you’ll have bad
times but they’ll always wake
you up to the good stuff you
weren’t paying attention to.”
I woke up. I saw what I
would’ve missed had I given
up. the greatest lesson that
pulled me from the chains.
Sean Maguire: “you can know
everything in the world sport
but the only way you’re
finding out that one is by
giving it a shot.” she asked
me once: “will I be able to
teach you anything? you think
you’ll learn anything from
me?” my reply: “you taught me
how to live. you taught me
how to love. you made me want
to see tomorrow.” you were
the best shot I ever took.
By: Chicano Eddie
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