Take Me With You

by Andrea Gibson

AS FOR MY HEART I’LL SAY: A MUSIC BOX IS STILL A MUSIC BOX EVEN WHEN IT’S CLOSED.

I STOPPED CALLING MYSELF A PACIFIST WHEN I HEARD GANDHI TOLD WOMEN THEY SHOULD NOT PHYSICALLY FIGHT OFF THEIR RAPISTS. I BELIEVE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A NONVIOLENT FIST.

EVEN WHEN THE TRUTH ISN’T HOPEFUL, THE TELLING OF IT IS.

I TOLD MYSELF I WAS BUILT LIKE A DRUM. I WOULDN’T MAKE A SONG IF I’D NEVER BEEN HIT. IT WAS A DESPERATE THEORY.

THE HARDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO FORGIVE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ONCE WERE. THE PEOPLE WE ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO NOT STIR INTO THE RECIPE OF WHO WE ARE NOW.