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It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

I want to know what you ache for

and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.



A. I ache to be an actor. I ache to be a PC Programer. I dare meet my hearts longing. I still haven't.



It doesn’t interest me how old you are.

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool

for love

for your dream

for the adventure of being alive.



A. I've risked worse for Love, and dreams, and everything to be alive including living on the streets.



It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...

I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow

if you have been opened by life’s betrayals

or have become shrivelled and closed

from fear of further pain.



A. I have many sorrowing memorys of life's betrayals.



I want to know if you can sit with pain

mine or your own

without moving to hide it

or fade it

or fix it.

A. Yes I do mine and i could yours. every day. I am more stubburn keeping it then fixing it despite wanting to.



I want to know if you can be with joy

mine or your own

if you can dance with wildness

and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes

without cautioning us to

be careful

be realistic

remember the limitations of being human.



A. Yes I can be with joy either or mine or yours. The ecstasy would be limitless. And the possiblities enourmous.





It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me

is true.

I want to know if you can

disappoint another

to be true to yourself.

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal

and not betray your own soul.

If you can be faithless

and therefore trustworthy.



A. I can on times be disappointing. But I'm true to my self. I've been told i've betrayed. But never betrayed my soul. I have on countless occations been faithless.



I want to know if you can see Beauty

even when it is not pretty

every day.

And if you can source your own life

from its presence.



A. I see beyond beauty of what is shown everyday. I see a person for what they are inside. I can source my own life with it





I want to know if you can live with failure

yours and mine

and still stand at the edge of the lake

and shout to the silver of the full moon,

“Yes.”



A. Yes I can live with my failures and yourse. and shout out yes.



It doesn’t interest me

to know where you live or how much money you have.

I want to know if you can get up

after the night of grief and despair

weary and bruised to the bone

and do what needs to be done

to feed the children.



A. I have done this. i had a kid that i did what i needed to to get him fed.



It doesn’t interest me who you know

or how you came to be here.

I want to know if you will stand

in the centre of the fire

with me

and not shrink back.



A. Yes i would stand in a fire and not move back.



It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom

you have studied.

I want to know what sustains you

from the inside

when all else falls away.



A. What sustains me is my love for others. and it will always keep me going.



I want to know if you can be alone

with yourself

and if you truly like the company you keep

in the empty moments.



A. I am alone with myself and do enjoy company in my empty moments.