Monthly Archives: April 2013

i carry your heart

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This is a shout out to all the teachers, mentors, parents, and friends in the world.

This past weekend, a teacher and mentor of mine passed away.  We didn’t keep in close contact over the years.  I saw him now and again at various shows or events.  However, when I learned of his passing, a flood of vivid memories washed over me in an instant. I felt like laughing and crying at the same time.

Sometimes, in the moment, it is difficult to see the profound affect we have on one another.  We take the mundane for granted.  We can’t imagine that our words or actions could shape the future or people around us for better or worse.

But this I know:  I am the product of the amazing teachers, role models, friends, and even adversaries, that I have had in my life.  I carry them with me, and they are present in every word that I say and every step that I take.

In the words of one of my favorite poets, e.e. cummings:

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
                                                      i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

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Aloha to my dear teacher and director, Glenn Cannon.  Mahalo nui loa.

You will be missed.