A table. take out ruler, string or tape Size lines calculate with retina powered eyes count the spit that flys from open mouths who gather fill it with their laughter,
count the crayon etchings of the determined fire in eyes Thomas the tank engine colorer extroidinair
Weight gain. Gaze down at waste, shift in skin as you reach depths in pockets to hide McDonalds receipts and push them in
Do, mental math, one apple a month has got to off set at least one Big Mac
Mileage. Look at your spedometer Thelma, it's pretty much yelling at you. Take stalk of all the shoes that have warn you.count backwards from twenty five to Two.
Count the steps you took when you didn't have to, subtract the ones that didn't count and divide by the moments you glide
Growth Annual reports, minions in Arnold churgen assuring you to stalk up on the market. Your rrsps with thank you as they soar and plummet as all must on the onslaught of such heights.
Talk to the fifth grader inside you and ask what got me here, was it that Dora the explorer hair cut or the time I didn't give up, that lead to that other time i didn't give up that lead to the time i pushed quit to the back of my tongue and swallowed it.
A moment. In corners of mouth stretched outwards in an upward slant. Those 60 seconds you ranted and most of it was good That kiss you can still feel as uou tried to hold on to your skin In the calculated weight of truth transferred to hands in use
Or the science behind the fact that you actually breathed again and your body, received the donation, the free gift that fuels you, rushes in caresses your sinues and prepares the way for another little wind
I Cherish that wind
One moment, your body will say thankyou very much air, but this relationship of you fueling me and me needing you.. Is baked like that pie your mom doesn't like talking about any more
How does one measure a life Success, deductibles, YouTube hits,# shout outs, lives touched, damage done, or how many times you actually enjoyed a cinnomon bun without apologizing to your hips
You choose. You choose what measuring tape you wake up with because that's the one they are gonna pull out when the man with the answers recites your yagooogaly
When you measure dare to recall that when the air says adeui and all that is left is your spirit and as your body falls let spirit rise tall