understand
birdmad my overcoat 010125
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silentbob i have this storebought way
of understanding everything everyone says to me.
only irrational things and ideas of ignorance don't fit in my understanding. i rationalize them out, and if i dont know from first hand experience, ialways understand
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brown cardigan boy the suitcase of my being. 010301
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stupidpunkgirl don't just expect me to always understand. sometimes i don't or i just don't want to 010301
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blue star I will always understand. And if I don't, know that I desperately want to. 010301
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anonymouse You don't have to understand to know. 020430
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monkey you have to know to understand 020430
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lulie I do not understand!
I understand nothing!
I cannot understand
nor do I want to understand!
I want to believe!
To Believe!
(Jean-Paul Sartre)
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blown cherry I don't understand,
and I am blind.
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lotuseater just that i will always love you, no matter if you love me or not. lately, i feel i am losing ground with you.. it kills me to think i might not have you ever again. i still wake up in the middle of the night, delighted back to consciousness by dreams of touching your body. i want to be able to squeeze you in my arms... to hold you close... to be completely relaxed by your scent...

elyse, i hope you read this. you did something to me, you addictive chemical. can you deny a feeble junkie his fix? i hope you understand how much you mean to me, even though we have drifted as far apart as we have. everytime i see you, i have to look twice to make sure its not some hallucination. my heart speeds up, my stomach feels empty, and my face flexes into a smile. i know i will never be able to get over you. you are amazing.

i draw pictures of you because it is the highest compliment i can offer. i try my hardest to capture the beauty you hold... every line of your face, the curves of your body, the ethereal glow of your pale skin.

you drive me crazy
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vega it takes a long time for this to heal. be patient. 030524
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from now on i'm trying to understand 041020
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piercedjenny I want to understand
I need to understand
I do not understand

When I say I don't get it, don't say the same thing again.
I desperately want to "get it" but only get frustrated when you say the same thing, but slower.

I may understand, but not grasp the concept.

Why can't YOU understand?
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silentbob there are things you must understand
a t-shirt, a coupon, an insignificant remark
bleeding under the surface
over a rib cage and sinew
tearing at the matter
to get to the bottom
there are things you must understand
before you can acheive
the essence of histories
the title of one
these are things you must understand

i folded up a piece of paper
put it in my pocket
to remind myself for later
the impressions of recollections
the indentations of icisors and molars
to fill the cavities time left in me
this is what i understand
a scuff mark, a wrist watch, the broken and bloody blood vessels just under the surface
that never recieved care
these are things i understand
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filing cabinet hemispheres I would understand a lot more
if i understood
the concept of understanding.
I don't understand
what constitutes understanding.
When is it knowing
and when is it understanding
and when is it wondering?
I wonder.
Or do I understand?
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no reason they don't and probably never will
which i guess is understandable because they will never know
but it's sad because the connection and understanding is lost and i'm not sure if it's at all retrievable
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shulamith ...the dream is over. 081103
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