ride out the storm, take on the wave
don't run, run, run.
wind's gonna blow, and the ground's gonna shake,
then it's gone, gone, gone.

song lyrics, meh. how lame. mmm but this is so passionate and sweet-sounding. hi january, when did you come on so quickly? can't believe its you again. and i've never felt so uncertain, so passionate, i've never felt so young. it seemed at that instant, i remembered the things i forget when i'm jaded - the things that inspire my soul. i'm thankful for at least that reminder. things have been fleeting faster and faster lately, leaving me just as quickly as coming about. and i'm left with fingers-wrapped, around hours and minutes and moments that are just stuck inside of the way that time goes. but here, i know all the things i think i want at any instant couldn't hold a single small flame to you, to your raging bright forest fires of grace and mercy. i miss you. i may have a bad memory, but i never forget how much i miss you when you aren't around. when i'm not around. oh big heart.

if i ask you tenderly, will you follow me down to the river?