“Until We Have Seen Someone’s Darkness, We Don’t Really Know Who They Are. Until We Have Forgiven

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

— Og Mandino

And I will kiss every single scar on your body and soul, to remind you that love doesn't

have to hurt.

Ginnie Bale

2 April, 1937 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

The roofs shackled deep,

Far below the spires of the churches

That not a soul wanders into

For fear of being seen and accosted.

The roofs shackled deep,

In the pockets of the pictures

That crop up on midnight lights

Every half year or so.

The roofs shackled deep,

And then held out of reach

Because blood is thicker than water

And both are bought to let.

Reap torn bodies with a bare hand

Because we'd all do it if we can,

There are those, and there's me

And then the crop of the land.

I am not trapped.

I am abandoned.

There is no fight left in my limbs

no fire left in my chest

Only the heavy, sinking knowledge

that I have lived too long

in a body that was never mine to keep.

I do not recognize this face

these hands,

this voice that cracks like old pavement

every time I try to speak

I used to scream for help.

Now I don’t even bother whispering

No one listens to a woman

who dug her own grave.

The World’s Poorest President: José Mujica’s Inspiring Story #motivation…

There are great selfless people in our world.

Blacklit Sky

Iam ridiculously jealous at the moments

you give to her instead of me

and that

your hand will never reach mine

except through

my mind

my shadow and yours

collide

not by chance

but by some forgotten vow

etched in stardust

and sealed in sleep

our eyes look up the same sky

over and over again

untill the orbs meet

for the first time

as if the heavens are tired

of holding our longing

my velvet fire embers

and your hues of ocean

dancing across the sky

that never noticed

between the void

and the constellations

above the world

entwined

for a lifetime

“One smile can start a friendship. One word can end a fight. One look can save a relationship. One person can change your life.”

— Unknown