I Am Perfect, and Flawed

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I am perfect, and flawed.
And perfectly flawed.
I am generous
And selfish.
I am open and private.

I tell stories, and truth, and lies.
I was born a raging fire
To bare-handed parents
Who did their best to avoid blisters.

Somehow I kept my spark alive.

I remain ablaze in a world of water
Intent on putting out my fire.
Dylan Thomas understood:

I will not go gentle into that dark night.

       ~~Ginger Hamilton

[Tomorrow: Forgiveness]

Review of my short story, "Dead People's Things for Sale"

If Hitchcock lived in Appalachia

September 4, 2013

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Scarlet Cooks (Southern U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dead People's Things for Sale (Kindle Edition)

Just finished reading Hamilton's story, and enjoyed it greatly! In the very first paragraph, she settles the reader right into a genuinely Appalachian experience. She has captured the tone, the vernacular, the bitter humor and the horror of mountain people. This story would have made a very good "Alfred Hitchcock" episode. If you enjoy the short stories of Davis Grubb, you'll enjoy this!

I Am Perfect, and Flawed

I am perfect, and flawed.
And perfectly flawed.
I am generous
And selfish.
I am open and private.

I tell stories, and truth, and lies.
I was born a raging fire
To bare-handed parents
Who did their best to avoid blisters

Somehow I kept my spark alive

I remain ablaze in a world of water
Intent on putting out my fire 
Dylan Thomas understood

I will not go gentle into that dark night

[Tomorrow: Au Revoir]

Being Human

"Dear Human: You’ve got it allllll wrong. You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you’ll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. Messy love. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love. Infused with divinity. Lived through the grace of stumbling. Demonstrated through the beauty of messing up. Often.

"You didn’t come here 

to be perfect. You already are. You came here to be gorgeously human. Flawed and fabulous. And then to rise again into remembering.

"But unconditional love? Stop telling that story. Love, in truth, doesn’t need ANY other adjectives. It doesn’t require modifiers. It doesn’t require the condition of perfection. It only asks that you show up. And do your best. That you stay present and feel fully. That you shine and fly and laugh and cry and hurt and heal and fall and get back up and play and work and live and die as YOU. It’s enough. It’s Plenty.”

~Courtney A. Walsh