Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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stars Oil our hearts with cherished dreams; yet we continue to live in fairy tale worlds. When you ' re alone, just sittin ' by yourself- think-think well. When you ' re standin ' in a crowd all alone- think-look and think. And while you think--if you begin to pity yourselt you think too much. Again I ' ve watched you change your mind in letter after letter I take on the task of trying to understand you. The Hardest Words to Say Why do you only notice the out of date rags I wear, and the car I never drive, and the promises I fail to keep? Do you always search for love in the night? Why? I ' m standing right in front of you-- if only you would open your eyes. You want advice-- but how can I give advice if I don ' t understand it myselt . ' The blind cannot lead the blind and the dumb cannot talk to the deaf- So how am I to be sure you ' ll accept my love for you? Must I tell you the pleasure and enjoyment I find in your company- the beauty and joy I find in your smile- and the pleasantries I find in just being with you? Must I tell you that I see you- not as other men do (with the lust of their eyes and flesh)- but as the pride of my Ufe? Are you unable to see this or did I fail to tell you? I guess I never learned how to say the words . a I love you J ( - . ,, rtgmalttg: have I? People walking all around me some stoned some drunk few straight i find myself closing my eyes while listening to the music flowing aimlessly inside my head feeling the warmth of the sun on my skin i find myself escaping into a world of my past transcending time till i reach my destination- birth. •K-- in the dirty mirror cold floor bathroom in the morning (ouch) trying to shave still asleep, the unsympathetic can sitting by the sink says Dial oh how i wish i could but i forgot the number ... It is only because I ' m not sure of what love is, that I shall sleep with you- My parents have always told me to look at a subject from every angle, before deciding. ] d Ni.U ' -

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' in and out of stijoor Life means involvement, So be an involved person. Go to school and participate; get involved. Be in a class skit, decorate for homecoming, cheer at a football game, or be the best basketball team; in the whole state. But don ' t limit yourself only to .school; look out into the world. Look even beyond the United States, To Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Is there anything you can do to help? How can a single person accomplish anything? We all should find our own way.

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Train, let me off at the next stop. I ' ll go on ahead and check the track for traces of beginnings A, ' .JMt if i told you you wouldn ' t Alka-Seltzer I believe me try me I was o.k. today i sittin ' met a goblin who and eat- said if i didn ' t ing, ma fall in love with and pa you he would turned on eat me up the news. you ' re right I saw a i don ' t believe close-up you of a man that ' s funny it with his worked on the gut hanging mirror this out morning - all of a sudden outta the clear blue sky two Alka-Seltzers dropped into the T.V. and the picture fizzled out amidst effer- vescent bubbles, thus taking ll(. c .:i.:. - care of my if by chance we should meet ain after our last good-bye ' s please only say Hello c ' r U With eyes closed and mind eased I sit thinking of the times we found living hard and loving harder. Now it ' s all in a sealed room, where tears have rusted the hinges closed. I have too many untied shoe laces of my own to try tying yours Sitting Quiet You write and ask how am I? but all the time I was right beside you sitting quiet thinking of noisy actions to let you know I ' m here. You talked of San Francisco and gave me a matchbook to use and think about a trip next summer. Tell me- Do you think if 1 use a match from San Francisco the dream will follow the path of the burnt-out match or glow with the ash at the end of the dark? ' TV