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April 2022

BLUE CHAIR readings

BLUE CHAIR my readings for 12 Dec 2024 

theme: WAITING

possible prompt for performers: When are you coming home? Are you coming home?

I have Three to read: a song from 2010,  a new one for the prompt, one AI wrote for the prompt

 

A song, inspired by my great aunt talking about being old and living alone. She said the years go by so fast, but the days are long. A recording of it can be found on  jimmyleesmith.bandcamp.com

COUNTING STARS

 The years go by so fast

the hours all rushin' through

but the days go by so slow

when i'm here without you

Where are you now

shouldn't you be here with me

counting the stars

and dancing through the leaves

The years go by so fast

the hours all rushin' through

but the days they take so long

when i'm here without you

shouldn't you be here by now

I waited up all night you know I do

and the days are so very long

when i'm here without you

Where are you now

shouldn't you be here with me

counting the stars

and dancing through the leaves

Written for this week's prompt:

WAITING

waiting to be born

to be alive

to learn to walk

to talk

to run

waiting for christmas

for the school bus

for recess

for your best friend

for spring break

for summer

to go swimming

to grow up

to learn to drive

to graduate

to go out dancing

for a reason

waiting for a chance

waiting to hear you got the job

for the first paycheck

to hear back about the home loan

to get the key to the house

waiting for the paint dry

for the lights to get turned on

for the water to get turned on

for the cable guy between 10am and 4pm

for the light bill

for the cable bill

for the next paycheck to pay the water bill

for the repair guy

waiting

for a day off

for a vacation

for a promotion

for a new job offer before you quit

waiting for the holidays

waiting at your parents' doctor appointment

waiting at the hospital

for the doctor

waiting for the call

to give the eulogy

for grief to pass

to get back to your life

for a chance

for a reason

waiting

to not be waiting

to be alive again

 

written by a Chatbot given the prompt

In the quiet hours of anticipation,
Where time stretches out like an endless sea,
I find myself lost in contemplation,
As I wait for what is yet to be.

Each moment hangs like a delicate thread,
Unraveling the fabric of my patience,
In the space between words left unsaid,
I navigate the depths of my own existence.

The world outside moves at its own pace,
While I linger in this suspended state,
Caught between hope and uncertainty's embrace,
I wrestle with the burden of waiting's weight.

Yet in this stillness, I find a kind of grace,
A chance to breathe and learn to be,
For in the art of waiting, I embrace
The beauty of what is, and what's yet to come for me.

Dissapate video idea

 Very Rough

 

			Dissipate - Lyrics	Shots
1	EXT Road with houses decorated for christmas	Jim	People decorate their houses for the seasons and my table is crowded with the people who aren’t here	Jim walks pass houses decorated for Christmas. Close ups of decorations Jim slows down and stops as he looks at a house where you can see people in a dining room window gathered around to eat close up of Jim as looks towards house close up of people in a dining room window gathered
2	EXT House with dining room windo visible from road	Jim, Party guest	sometimes just a moment when there’s a song on the radio it reminds me i’ve forgotten to remember you are gone	Kirsten is riding in the car. The driver is talking. Driver turns up the radio. Loves this song. Kirsten smiles then looks out the window. See housed decorated for christmas out the car window.
3	EXT car on road with houses decorated for christmas	Jim, Driver	They say there’s just so many days you have to wait but this hole inside my heart does not seem to dissipate	Jim and Kirsten singing. Shots of both and of each. Closeup and wide.
4	INT dining room decorated for Birthday	Jim, Party guest	i take each day, i make it good, i try to live it so that people can not see some pieces of my heart are gone	Birthday party. Dining room decorated with balloons and happy birthday banner. Jim is looking around the room at the decorations. Shots of people talking and laughing. People sitting around the table. Someone bringing out a cake with candles lit. People wooo and smile Jim is blowing out the candles. Everyone claps
5	Front Door of two different houses		and i do not use those words like home or forever cause the meaning of those words have changed since you’ve been gone	Kirsten is walking up to the front door. With Easter decoration on it. Jim is walking up to the front door with 4th of July decoration on it. Jim puts key in lock and opens door Kirsten puts key in lock and opens door Jim walks in and stops to look at a room with no one there.
6	Some pretty setting EXT or INT		They say there’s just so many days you have to wait but this hole inside my heart does not seem to dissipate	Jim and Kirsten singing. Shots of both and of each. Closeup and wide. Different seasons of clothes. Full shot with each wardrobe so can run through them quickly on the video.
7	INT dining room decorated for Thanksgiving		my friend said something, made me laugh, it was so funny i thought i had to tell you cause for an instant i forgot	Thanks giving dinner decorated for fall. Kirsten talking to a friend and laughing. Shots of decorations. Wide and closeups of kirsten and friend
8	INT Store		I saw a snowman in the store around the corner I almost bought it cause i know you’d love it so	Snowman on shelf in store. See Jim smile as he looks at it. Jim's hand picks it up. As he picks it up, see Jim looking at it and his smile fades for a sad smile
9	EXT house decorated for Christmas		They say there’s just so many days you have to wait but this hole inside my heart does not seem to dissipate	Jim is driving up to a house decorated for Christmas. Jim knocking on the door that has a wreath. Kirsten opens the door
10	INT living room house decorated for Christmas INT dining room house decorated for Christmas		People decorate their houses for the seasons and my table is crowded with the people who aren’t here	Jim goes inside. Jim and Kirsten walk into the room with a christmas tree, where people are laughing and talking. Camera moves through the room to the dining room, where the table is set, but no one is there yet.

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