David August Before a Performance

My Love

My Love
by David August

I'd say I love you more than plants the sun
or fish the sea and drowning men the land,
but desperate need like that I need not have:
I simply, clearly, truly, calmly love.

My passion doesn't need a lack or pain;
it's good and strong, dissolving every wrong.
Unflinching, never needs to wage a war,
unyielding, doesn't need to hesitate.

No matter how you try to make my love
a twisted wreck of studied loss, of waste,
of sad and squandered opportunity
it isn't yours to ruin. My love, for you.

Denying refuge in your heart will not
destroy my love, just make me wish it did.

originally written May 2010

Blocking Pencil

Sometimes I keep my pencil like this during blocking rehearsals. Leaves hands free.

Happiness is Love

Not at all surprising, but nice to have science confirm.

The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points to a straightforward five-word conclusion: Happiness is love. Full stop.

(from 75 Years In The Making: Harvard Just Released Its Epic Study On What Men Need To Live A Happy Life).

Ben Stiller Speaking About The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Watching @RedHourBen speaking about @WalterMitty at the Directors Guild of America theatre

Vista Through Trees

New Logo

I'm considering using for things, and stuff, and sundry.