3.

Elvis danced with my nanny today

It is the first time he really looked her way

her hair is curled and she is only eighteen

she is the prettiest girl he has ever seen.....

sometimes it is like your are the only one in the room and everything is alive and you realize that you are already gone

that you left a while ago and didn't really let anyone know

no one knew that you felt like a stranger

that you lived on water and air and that you were still finding things out

because they are all still figuring things out.

you can go anywhere you want to

trust me, I know

and the best part is that leaving is sad but you get over it

some thing always comes in and fills the empty space that wouldn't exist without cutting out in the first place

this is all very dangerous you see

because once you figure this out

you can survive anything.

I wish that we didn't get stuck

thinking that we should not keep moving, or learning, seeing or feeling,

but I guess you have to stop to settle

That is the thing our parents can't teach us and some only show us

I hate wisdom and art and movies where people die

I hate that we stop talking out of embarrassment because maturity forces us into silence

We shouldn't have to pretend that we have it all figured out

but I guess we do it for the kids

or ourselves or our memories

for something I suppose.

I want to make something that makes someone feel better

I want to contribute to the things that I believe in

I want to wake up and know that I can be apart of something greater than myself

I want to help those that have helped me.

Elvis decided he needed to go

My nanny wanted him to stay for the show

she spun around and took his breath away

Elvis danced with my nanny today.

-Staci J.

"Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." -Nicole Krauss