I am still here
There is no greater crime than leaving
There is no greater crime than leaving.
In friends, what do you count on? Not on what they do.
You never can tell what they will do. Not on what they are. That
May change. Only on this: their not leaving.
He who cannot leave cannot stay. He who has a pass
In his pocket -- will he stay when the attack begins? Perhaps
He will not stay.
If it goes badly with me, perhaps he will stay. But if it goes
Badly with him, perhaps he will leave.
Fighters are poor people. They cannot leave. When the attack
Begins they cannot leave.
He who stays is known. He who left was not known. What left
Is different from what was here.
Before we go into battle I must know: have you a pass
In your coat pocket? Is a plane waiting for you behind the battlefield?
How many defeats do you want to survive? Can I send you away?
Well, then, let's not go into battle.
- Bertolt Brecht
translated from the German by Frank Jones
read in Staying Alive: Real Poems For Unreal Times (UK Edition!)
Edited by Neil Astley
I know it's been a long time between posts. I have my reasons, and I know, it would have been better to have communicated them. Maybe I will. Not sure if I can!
I am glad to still be a member of the LJ community, glad to still be on your Friends list, and glad to be able to look into your lives through the LJ portal at times.
I started on Facebook earlier this year because my sister who lives across the continent uses it, and I thought it would be a good way to keep in touch with her. I have found the brevity of the Facebook status update facilitates my putting finger to key in a semi-public way with some regularity of late. (The LJ dike is always at bursting point, which is in part why most the time I am afraid to take my finger out.) So if you'd like to read from me more frequently, please add me on Facebook: I am Kel Sta there. I have been fortunate to find a number of you there already, and I'm relishing the contact.
And Linda312, thanks for the nudge. I know this is a tardy acknowledgment, and please know it doesn't detract from my appreciation of your making the effort.
Hope to interact with you soon.
There is no greater crime than leaving.
In friends, what do you count on? Not on what they do.
You never can tell what they will do. Not on what they are. That
May change. Only on this: their not leaving.
He who cannot leave cannot stay. He who has a pass
In his pocket -- will he stay when the attack begins? Perhaps
He will not stay.
If it goes badly with me, perhaps he will stay. But if it goes
Badly with him, perhaps he will leave.
Fighters are poor people. They cannot leave. When the attack
Begins they cannot leave.
He who stays is known. He who left was not known. What left
Is different from what was here.
Before we go into battle I must know: have you a pass
In your coat pocket? Is a plane waiting for you behind the battlefield?
How many defeats do you want to survive? Can I send you away?
Well, then, let's not go into battle.
- Bertolt Brecht
translated from the German by Frank Jones
read in Staying Alive: Real Poems For Unreal Times (UK Edition!)
Edited by Neil Astley
I know it's been a long time between posts. I have my reasons, and I know, it would have been better to have communicated them. Maybe I will. Not sure if I can!
I am glad to still be a member of the LJ community, glad to still be on your Friends list, and glad to be able to look into your lives through the LJ portal at times.
I started on Facebook earlier this year because my sister who lives across the continent uses it, and I thought it would be a good way to keep in touch with her. I have found the brevity of the Facebook status update facilitates my putting finger to key in a semi-public way with some regularity of late. (The LJ dike is always at bursting point, which is in part why most the time I am afraid to take my finger out.) So if you'd like to read from me more frequently, please add me on Facebook: I am Kel Sta there. I have been fortunate to find a number of you there already, and I'm relishing the contact.
And Linda312, thanks for the nudge. I know this is a tardy acknowledgment, and please know it doesn't detract from my appreciation of your making the effort.
Hope to interact with you soon.