December 8, 2009
While I was thinking about how wonderful it was to work with Tim and spend time with him, I remembered one of my favorite poems. For me, it captures Tim’s essence and what made him so special and expresses it far more beautifully than I ever could. As I read it today, I think of Tim and miss him very much:
Like You by Roque Dalton
Like you I
Love love, life, the sweet smell
Of things, the sky-blue landscape of January days.
And my blood boils up
and I laugh through eyes
that have known the buds of tears.
I believe the world is beautiful
And that poetry, like bread, is for everyone.
And that my veins don’t end in me
But in the unanimous struggle for life,
Love, little things,Landscape and bread,
the poetry of everyone.
Christina Roessler
Oakland, CA