Da Mario se gepraat…

Birth and awareness… 

My eerste gewaarwording was liefde.  Ek het my eerste gedagte gehad in ‘n warm donker plek met ‘n gelykmatige polsing van lewensgewende klopgeluide.  Instinktief het ek geweet dat die wese met wie ek hierdie simbiose gedeel het haar lewe vir my sou gee.  Ek het hier gebly vir ‘n baie lang tydperk.  Ek het gegroei.   My gewaarwording het sterker geword.  Eendag was daar verskriklike sametrekkings, my liggaam is deur ‘n smal kanaal geforseer, die lig het my oorweldig en ek het geskree.  Iemand het genoem dat “dit ‘n seun is”.  Ek is vasgehou en beskerm…

Smokie - If you think you think you know how to love me.

A breathless drive on a downtown street,
A motor-bike ride in the midday heat,
The dust that hung from the desert skies,
Run though we’d run it still burned our eyes,
Oh yes we may walk on the wild wild side of life,
And our movements traced by a stranger close by your side,
And in the shadows of a promise you can take my hand,
And show me a way to understand.

So if you think you know how to love me,
And you think you know what I need,
And if you really really want me to stay,
You’ve got to lead the way,
Yes if you think you know how to love me,
And you think you can stand by me,
And if you really really want me to stay,
You’ve got to lead the way.

A reckless nite in a nameless town,
Then we moved out of sight with a silent sound,
A beach that wept with deserted waves,
That’s where we slept knowing we’d be safe,
Now you may think you can walk on the wild, wild side with me,
But there’s a lot I can learn and a lot that I’ve yet to see,
You know you’ve got my life lying in your hands,
It’s up to you to make me understand.

So if you think you know how to love me,
And you think you know what I need,
And if you really really want me to stay,
You’ve got to lead the way,

Yes if you think you know how to love me,
And you think you can stand by me,
And if you really really want me to stay,
You’ve got to lead the way