May 2013
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Dear Anon,
Two weeks ago I had a near death experience. A car accident that I was told I was blessed and lucky to make it out of alive and in one piece. Words like “miracle” and “divine intervention” got thrown around. Fourteen days later, and I’m still not sure how I feel or what I think about it other than this; Life happens too fast to experience all of it sometimes; Sometimes all we’re left with,...
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“The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.”
– Charles Simic
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April 2013
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Who Are You?
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the centre...
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“My dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all....”
– Bukowski
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“Our fragments made us.”
– Margaret Atwood, from “Two-Headed Poems”
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March 2013
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“Ne t’inquiète pas chérie, je reviens bientôt…”
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Hypothetical Poetry
Tonight I looked up at the night sky; The moon.and Jupiter looked like they were lovers. And it might have been my mind playing tricks on me as a punishment for all the sleep I’ve been depriving it of, but I SWEAR, I could see them moving… But maybe, it’s just my subconscious writing hypothetical poetry;
About time…
And distance…
And all the...
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“I want us to become a language
for euphoria, an alphabet of limbs.”
– Adonis, “Beginnings of the Body, Ends of the Sea”
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February 2013
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“I want to get more comfortable being uncomfortable. I want to get more confident...”
– Kristin Armstrong
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& Remember;
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”—Kurt Vonnegut
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“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; Solitude is herb tea and...”
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Remember that time we slow danced in the hotel...
It was ethereal*.
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*“ethereal, adj. You leaned your head into mine, and I leaned my head into yours. Dancing cheek to cheek. Revolving slowly, eyes closed, heartbeat measure, nature’s hum. It lasted the length of an old song, and then we stopped, kissed, and my heart stayed there, just like that.”
January 2013
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“So build yourself as beautiful as you want your world to be. Wrap yourself in...”
– Andrea Gibson
“For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views...”
– Thich Nhat
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