OurLadyJ

if i may be sentimental

January 23, 2008 on 4:38 am | In out and about, love |

i try not to blog when i’m tipsy… but i am.

2nite i saw rent on b’way

in honor of its closing this year

and i was propelled back to 1996, 18 years old

watching the stage with optimism

my first glimpse of new york

i knew i had to move here.

525,600 minutes measured in love

i became and i pursued

the bohemian life, much different than i expected

but still, the love i became.

only this time, while watching

i realized that it was a moment in time.

the new york that i thought i’d come to know

was not the new york i saw on stage.

but the new york i know now

has fulfilled me in a much different way.

i am living 525,600 minutes a year.

happier, wiser and more content

i’ve tried not to lose my optimism.

thank you ‘rent’

rip