Breathe

Week 2 of my new degree program is underway. I'm getting a little beaten down. In fact, I'm writing on a Tuesday because I didn't really have much to say yesterday, the day I'd normally write. I couldn't even express my frustration. This morning, I decided to share the song that's been going through my head in response to that frustration in case it may speak to someone who reads this. It's by the Newsboys, and it goes like this:

Tuesday the first
I'll call this entry 'Mistake'
Cheap imitation, my life feels like a fake
A people person, some days people annoy me.
I'm growing edgy
Wednesday's title: 'Avoid Me.'

I hope that the title for my tomorrow is not 'avoid me.' Here's the chorus, and what I was praying under my breath and somewhat below my consciousness:

Breathe on me
Breathe oh breath of God
Breathe on me
'til my heart is new
Breathe on me
Breathe oh Breath of Life
Breathe on me
'till I love like you do

The second verse is worth a reprint, too.

Thursday, the fifth
I title 'Drivers Beware'
Tempered-a-mental
and I don't really care
I gave 'till I bled
You laughed when I fainted
Don't want to live this life
bitter and tainted.

I'll start writing on Tuesdays now, I think.

"Breathe," music by Peter Furler, lyrics by Philip Urry and Peter Furler, from the album Take Me To Your Leader