Ode to Gepetto
5 years ago, my room was dark and lifeless. I decided I would embark on a 'lifelong' friendship. I purchased two African Dwarf Frogs from the nearby Pet Smart, Gepetto and Octavius. They have been faithful friends, walking with me through thick and thin, traveling by Greyhound, Amtrak and Jack 'my car'. They have been a constant in a changing world.
Well, tonight I came home from work and found Gepetto, 'gone'. I was expecting it, for he came down with 'dropsy' a froggy sickness that means his kidneys were failing. I isolated him from Octavius, in case of it being contagious. Although, I was expecting it, it still came as a shock. Octavius isn't taking it too well either, ever since I isolated Gepetto, Octavius as been searching for him. He was in a jar next to the bowl, so Octavius was able to see him, and he would swim around trying to find a way out. (This was the first time they've ever been apart) I feel for Octavius, it has got to be hard.
Yes, I am aware of the fact that I would often 'dog' the fact that they were immortal frogs and would never die. I played in the mindset and appearance that I was detached. But I would be the first to say, I was wrong. These little guys swam their way into my heart. I am saddened at the lost of Gepetto.
I know some (if not most) of you are thinking, they are only frogs, and you are right. But they have been with me for the past 5 years in my life; it's hard for them not to mean anything or to consider them just frogs. But nonetheless, think what you like.
So, tonight as an indulgence for mourning, a friend and I went to get some Ben & Jerry’s (yum), on the way to the store we heard this song by Superchick. It certainly was relevant for this time (on a smaller scale of course). So, I decided to attempt to write my own verse to it, I know I am not a song writer (or much of a writer in any other sense) but still I tried, so enjoy.
LONG LIVE GEPETTO!!!!
We Live
There's a girl who lost her frog
Came home from work just to find him gone
How'd she know he die like that?
So, what's she gonna go with the time she has?
She's gonna love...(Octavius)
There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost a son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be their last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
So she could say she loved him one more time
And hold him tight But with life we never know
When we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend?
Chorus:
We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
Today we remember to live and to love
We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
Today we remember to live and to love
There is a man who waits for the tests
To see if the cancer has spread yet
And now he asks, "So why did I wait to live till it was time to die?"
If I could have the time back how
I'd live Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we are meant to do
Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day is a gift somehow, someway
So get our heads up out of the darkness
And spark this new mindset and start to live life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy is a reminder to take off the blinders
And wake up and live the life we're supposed to take up
Moving forward with all our heads up cuz life is worth living
Superchick, Beauty from Pain, 2005
Thank all of you who read and care.
Well, tonight I came home from work and found Gepetto, 'gone'. I was expecting it, for he came down with 'dropsy' a froggy sickness that means his kidneys were failing. I isolated him from Octavius, in case of it being contagious. Although, I was expecting it, it still came as a shock. Octavius isn't taking it too well either, ever since I isolated Gepetto, Octavius as been searching for him. He was in a jar next to the bowl, so Octavius was able to see him, and he would swim around trying to find a way out. (This was the first time they've ever been apart) I feel for Octavius, it has got to be hard.
Yes, I am aware of the fact that I would often 'dog' the fact that they were immortal frogs and would never die. I played in the mindset and appearance that I was detached. But I would be the first to say, I was wrong. These little guys swam their way into my heart. I am saddened at the lost of Gepetto.
I know some (if not most) of you are thinking, they are only frogs, and you are right. But they have been with me for the past 5 years in my life; it's hard for them not to mean anything or to consider them just frogs. But nonetheless, think what you like.
So, tonight as an indulgence for mourning, a friend and I went to get some Ben & Jerry’s (yum), on the way to the store we heard this song by Superchick. It certainly was relevant for this time (on a smaller scale of course). So, I decided to attempt to write my own verse to it, I know I am not a song writer (or much of a writer in any other sense) but still I tried, so enjoy.
LONG LIVE GEPETTO!!!!
We Live
There's a girl who lost her frog
Came home from work just to find him gone
How'd she know he die like that?
So, what's she gonna go with the time she has?
She's gonna love...(Octavius)
There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost a son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be their last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
So she could say she loved him one more time
And hold him tight But with life we never know
When we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend?
Chorus:
We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
Today we remember to live and to love
We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
Today we remember to live and to love
There is a man who waits for the tests
To see if the cancer has spread yet
And now he asks, "So why did I wait to live till it was time to die?"
If I could have the time back how
I'd live Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we are meant to do
Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day is a gift somehow, someway
So get our heads up out of the darkness
And spark this new mindset and start to live life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy is a reminder to take off the blinders
And wake up and live the life we're supposed to take up
Moving forward with all our heads up cuz life is worth living
Superchick, Beauty from Pain, 2005
Thank all of you who read and care.
