Me vs. I - Hannah Schneider
There is no way back into the sea
Lightning - Morningsiders
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You Learn
—by Jorge Luis Borges
After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn…
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure…
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth…
And you learn and learn…
With every good-bye you learn.
(via enervatedgrace)
n. the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place, as maladapted to your surroundings as a seal on a beach—lumbering, clumsy, easily distracted, huddled in the company of other misfits, unable to recognize the ambient roar of your intended habitat, in which you’d be fluidly, brilliantly, effortlessly at home.
What do you do when this is your home?
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(Source: seabois, via oldmanflower)
Esta noche al oído me has dicho dos palabras
Comunes. Dos palabras cansadas
De ser dichas. Palabras
Que de viejas son nuevas.
Dos palabras tan dulces que la luna que andaba
Filtrando entre las ramas
Se detuvo en mi boca. Tan dulces dos palabras
Que una hormiga pasea por mi cuello y no intento
Moverme para echarla.
Tan dulces dos palabras
?Que digo sin quererlo? ¡oh, qué bella, la vida!?
Tan dulces y tan mansas
Que aceites olorosos sobre el cuerpo derraman.
Tan dulces y tan bellas
Que nerviosos, mis dedos,
Se mueven hacia el cielo imitando tijeras.
Oh, mis dedos quisieran
Cortar estrellas.
- Alfonsina Storni
lie for a while
with your ear
against the earth
I can’t say much. All I can do is draw a pathetically simple comparison in hopes that it expresses my point. Purpose is like ice. It must be maintained in the most specific of environments or it will melt away into nothing at all, rendering it useless to even those most hopeful for its refreshing kiss.
