FAVORITES

"I come in from a walk 

with you

and they ask me 

if it is raining.

I didn't notice

but I'll have to give them

the right answer

or they'll think i'm crazy"

-Alden Nowlan

do not chose the lesser life.

do you hear me.

do you hear me.

chose the life that is. yours.

the life that is seducing your lungs.

that is dripping down your chin.

-Nayyirah Waheed

"And I dream too much

and i don't write 

enough and I'm thrying 

to find God 

everywhere"

Anis Mojgai

Yes

William Strafford

It could happen any time, tornado, 

earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.

Or sunshine, love, salvation.

It could, you know. That's why we wake

and look out - no guarantees

in this life

But some bonuses, like morning

like right now, like noon, 

like evening.

Praying

Mary Oliver

"It doesn't have to be 

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones; just 

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don't try 

to make them elaborate, 

this isn´t a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak."

Late Fragment

Andi did you get what

you wanted from this life, even so?

I did.

And what did you want?

To call myself beloved, to feel myself 

beloved on the earth.

Be who you are, even if it kills you. 

It will. Over and over again.

Even as you live.

May you live to the point of tears.