January 11, 2004

• Advice

  when i was a young boy and not very bright
  i went to my father and asked him one night
  how is it women do what they do
  ensnare our minds so we haven’t a clue
  of which way is left and what way is right
  how we look in the mirror and doubt our own sight
  how the important things are all re-arranged
  and why we so easily accept the change

  my father looked back and said plainly to me
  listen my son, and know what will be
  for a woman you will give over sense like a dolt
  and prepare to accept that it’s always your fault
  you’ll be pulled by the nose, you’ll be led by the head
  and have to defend words that you never said
  you’ll bend over backwards in order to please
  no matter you know it’s only a tease
  the way you can deal is simple, it’s just
  change what you can and accept what you must

  I listened and thought on my old man’s advice
  the picture he painted it wasn’t so nice
  yet he had said things that i saw make sense
  so i went to my mother (and in my defense)
  I warned you before I wasn’t too bright
  so on the same question my mother shed light

  women are easy…it’s men who are hard
  how a trivial thing can put you on guard
  while offences that would bring a woman to wrath
  you men just accept, and shrug off with a laugh
  so listen my son and I’ll tell you true
  this is how women do what they do
  if you want to succeed in the game of romance
  think with your head, and not with your pants
  don’t want to fight? they’re easy to evade
  for every action, a reaction’s made
  play in your head all your actions through
  and then when you act, the right thing you’ll do
  her advice could be summed in one little phrase
  accept that it is yourself who must change

  by now my poor brain was feeling confused
  my father and mother had conflicting views
  and yet in their way, they both were correct
  and so to my brother for help i went next

  the adults have their points, but where they go wrong
  is that life is a game and you must play along
  nothing is stable and each day is new
  you must handle each challenge as it comes to you
  some days you accept and some days you change
  one day an act’s perfect, the next it is strange
  some of your actions you’ll plan out to meet
  and some will be thought on the balls of your feet
  in the end it comes down to one simple fact
  the rules for each action change with each act

  so to those who in my place themselves find
  here’s some advice, a piece of my mind
  some girls are amazing and worth changing for
  some will accept you whoever you are
  some are quicksilver, while others are steady
  but i’m sure most of you know this already
  no matter the country, women are all one nation
  but in the end here is man’s small consolation
  no matter how odd girls can seem to you
  they’re at least as confused by the strange things we do

  -Josh

  I started writing this for an entirely different reason, but I like the way it ended up better. Boggle my mind though she may at times, my g/f is pretty darn nifty. Not that she actually reads my xanga, but I tell her.

   

  “Death is lighter than a feather, Duty heavier than a mountain”

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