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I hope you dance

I first heard this song in my first literature class during JC. The task for us was to bring something "poetic" to class and talk about it, saying why you think it's poetic. I brought a dried rose, and called it time. I think i said the rose was an encapsulation of time, artificially frozen in the rose. While time continues to tick by in the surrounding, the rose alone, stays the same. And we wonder, is that really beauty? Is that really what we want, everytime we wish to "freeze the moment"? (ok fine, perhaps i spruced it up a little here hehhe, well i couldn't remember what 17years old me said!) Anyway, thinking back, i think that answer was very typical, very typcially me too; model answer for "poetic item", not going beyond the boundaries drawn. Doing ok,  not excellent. This here is different. I will bet with you, apart from myself, nobody else remembers what i, or anyone else, brought to that class. Except for this song, brought by jo

Jason Mraz - 93 Million Miles (Official Lyric Video)

Love this song off the new album by Jason Mraz! =) Through his 10 years in the music industry, i believe his listeners bear witness to his growth as a person. This album seems to carry a maturity that hasn't quite been seen before. I wonder, how will I mark my own growth 10 years from now? Stay rooted! sk "Sometimes it might seem dark, but the absence of light is a necessary part."