My dad was a hippie/rocker/artistic type. He was heavy on the drugs and alcohol my entire life...it's what killed him a few years ago. I have a suitcase full of drawings and poetry that he had done. I also have quite a few notebooks of his...most of it's brilliant, but some of it he was clearly stoned out of his mind and just rambling. I was reading through this one notebook last night (he had given it to me a long time ago) and I came across one page that looked interesting. I can tell he was messed up when he wrote it (I can barely make out his handwriting and he loses his train of thought a bit...also, when he's messed up he likes to use a swear word every other word), but I think he was going somewhere with it...what do you think he was trying to say? Here it is exactly (well, as exact as it'll get considering I can hardly read it):
“Different forms of temptation go into temptation, if you follow me. If you know something is bad and you know if you even look at it you will jump in feet first, why look at it? By the way, we're not talking about will power, that's a different book. But it just doesn't make any sense. It's human nature. But, we're suppose to turn from our nature and do what's right because our nature is wrong. Is that our fault? I don't think so.
It doesn't seem fair. I guess because it's not. I know people aren't (a word that I can't make out) not suppose to do what I like to do. I'm suppose to do what everyone else want's me to? I don't think so.
Why? I believe that's a question no one can answer.
Just my imagination/“
Thanks! Oh, and I didn't really know what category to put this under...but, I figured here is as good as any.
2007-09-28
07:48:23
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