August 2011
7 posts
July 2011
40 posts
I’m really wondering if it’s worth it.
grassmadonna asked: Today I bought V for Vendetta and The Butterfly Effect and The Butterfly Effect 2.
The extraordinary weakness that arises during a demise can actually be beautiful.
grassmadonna asked: crank dat, soulja boy.
We are animals, Professor Kincaid…with brains that trick us into thinking...
– Rabbi Zimmerman, “Leaves of Grass” 2009
We are not our situations, but rather our responses to those situations.
– Jalen Clark (http://johnnieanonymous.tumblr.com/)
Caged Wings
I feel the great frustration of caged wings, Pigtailed heads waiting for Christmas morning, Wagging tails under the dinner table. I wish to keep every moment with you, Damn my hippocampus, work harder! I want to remember every smile, Every laugh, every kiss, soft and hard, My God, I want to remember you. Every bit of you, every glance at you. And for once in my life, a cliché Is...
On an Island, Just He and I Enclosed in his lion-like arms, With streaks of auric light dancing, Through leaves, on two berry lips, I gazed at something so handsome with overwhelming adoration. Fortune had I, for such a site to see. To be held by such a gentle strength, So soft, so strong, so we stood, Moseying freely across the banks, Barefoot, skipping sandy rocks. Picking delicate, purple...
June 2011
29 posts
Morning (Love Sonnet XXVII)
Naked you are simple as one of your hands; Smooth, earthy, small, transparent, round. You’ve moon-lines, apple pathways Naked you are slender as a naked grain of wheat. Naked you are blue as a night in Cuba; You’ve vines and stars in your hair. Naked you are spacious and yellow As summer in a golden church. Naked you are tiny as one of your nails; Curved, subtle, rosy, till the day is...