Monday, March 13, 2006

do you have a scar on your knee?

i do not think i could love anyone
who does not have scars on their knees
from years and years

of tree-climbing
and bike-riding
and dog-walking
and swimming in creeks

and tripping down long flights of stairs.

because if you have no scars on your knees

then you have not
lived at all.

-gabby santiago

annie gave me this poem today.

she knows how much i love scars-- :-)

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11 comments:

  1. SiennaTuesday, March 14, 2006

    i have a scar on my knee. it's from a wart.

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  2. linneaTuesday, March 14, 2006

    HAHAHAH!!! Yea what about the wart scars?! Do WE get a poem?? NOOOOOO, of course not.

    Here's a funny conversation from when I was first getting to know you, Kyrie.

    Linnea: (looking at my legs) "Gosh, I have so many bites on my legs, but I can't scratch them!!"

    Kyrie: "Why not?"

    Linnea: "Because they will become scabs!"

    Kyrie: "Oh, I like having scabs and bruises and all that, it shows I'm out there doin' stuff and not being a loser."

    Linnea: ---silence---

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  3. Anna PTuesday, March 14, 2006

    Kyrie, sounds like I need to get to know you better when I return to the States! I'm a scar lover too, and enjoy the bruises, scabs and anything else cool like that.

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  4. Anna PTuesday, March 14, 2006

    Ah, and I should mention, I have many scars on my kness... even added one from the trails of Nepal. Woo hoo! Good times indeed. :)

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  5. faithTuesday, March 14, 2006

    I like scars and bruises too!! They are like badges of greatness. Or at least that you led an adventurous life.

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  6. kyrieannaTuesday, March 14, 2006

    man, jo, that is rough (!!)

    a rock getting stuck in your knee..

    dang woman.

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  7. jeremyWednesday, March 15, 2006

    When I was playing football with jonjon I told him, "having all these bruises and cuts on my arms, and being sore I kind of like. It makes me feel tough or something.."

    "that's stupid"

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  8. hannahWednesday, March 15, 2006

    scars on my knees from greg sherwell tripping me in break-in at youth group...haha and scars on my elbows from falling off those big spindle wheel things haha that my friend was priceless...

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  9. kyrieannaThursday, March 16, 2006

    haha..they should add to the poem:

    "..and falling off big wooden spools"

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  10. linneaThursday, March 16, 2006

    Oh my goodness! I remember you falling off those spools. AHHHH! That was the funniest ever.

    You just went "plop".

    :-)

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  11. kyrieannaThursday, March 16, 2006

    a little scream
    and feet sticking up in the air..

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