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“your hand
touching mine.
this is how
galaxies
collide.”
―
touching mine.
this is how
galaxies
collide.”
―
“the saddest thing is to be
a minute to someone,
when you've made them your eternity.”
―
a minute to someone,
when you've made them your eternity.”
―
“in a world
full of
temporary things
you are
a perpetual
feeling.”
―
full of
temporary things
you are
a perpetual
feeling.”
―
“The splendid thing
about falling apart
silently...
is that
you can start over
as many times
as you like.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
about falling apart
silently...
is that
you can start over
as many times
as you like.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
“a flower knows, when its butterfly will return,
and if the moon walks out, the sky will understand;
but now it hurts, to watch you leave so soon,
when I don't know, if you will ever come back.”
―
and if the moon walks out, the sky will understand;
but now it hurts, to watch you leave so soon,
when I don't know, if you will ever come back.”
―
“i want to be
in love with you
the same way
i am in
love with the moon
with the light
shining
out of its soul.”
―
in love with you
the same way
i am in
love with the moon
with the light
shining
out of its soul.”
―
“To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.”
―
―
“my mother
is pure radiance.
she is the sun
i can touch
and kiss
and hold
without
getting burnt.”
―
is pure radiance.
she is the sun
i can touch
and kiss
and hold
without
getting burnt.”
―
“even
in the loneliest moments
i have been there
for myself.”
―
in the loneliest moments
i have been there
for myself.”
―
“lean in to kiss me
in all the places
where the ache
is
the most special.”
―
in all the places
where the ache
is
the most special.”
―
“May your love for me be
like
the scent of the evening sea
drifting in
through a quiet window
so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you
all i have to do
is
breathe.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
like
the scent of the evening sea
drifting in
through a quiet window
so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you
all i have to do
is
breathe.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
“in the afterglow
of an evening rain
i lay down
in the grass
and think of you
my body aches
like an after-kiss
breaking in soft fires
and wildflowers
my dear,
i will always be
this tender for you.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
of an evening rain
i lay down
in the grass
and think of you
my body aches
like an after-kiss
breaking in soft fires
and wildflowers
my dear,
i will always be
this tender for you.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
“Not words.
nor laughter.
but rather someone
who will fall in love
with your silence.”
―
nor laughter.
but rather someone
who will fall in love
with your silence.”
―
“sometimes i don't know, which moment
which cool gust of wind will come,
and enchant me
tousling my hair
and my heart,
stirring...that familiar ache of poetry,
which drop will kiss
the old wrench in my soul
reminding me, all over again
i miss you better in the rain.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
which cool gust of wind will come,
and enchant me
tousling my hair
and my heart,
stirring...that familiar ache of poetry,
which drop will kiss
the old wrench in my soul
reminding me, all over again
i miss you better in the rain.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
“tell me
of something fiercer
than the love with which
i gaze upon you
of something softer
than the tenderness
with which i hold you.”
―
of something fiercer
than the love with which
i gaze upon you
of something softer
than the tenderness
with which i hold you.”
―
“i have laughed
more than daffodils
and cried more than June.”
―
more than daffodils
and cried more than June.”
―
“...so i will greet you
in a way
all loved things
are meant to be greeted
with a tear in my heart
and a poem in my eye.”
― Turquoise Silence
in a way
all loved things
are meant to be greeted
with a tear in my heart
and a poem in my eye.”
― Turquoise Silence
“because some things
sometimes
aren't ours to hold,
but just beautiful
to listen to.”
― Turquoise Silence
sometimes
aren't ours to hold,
but just beautiful
to listen to.”
― Turquoise Silence
“it was the kind of moon
that I would want to
send back to my ancestors
and gift to my descendants
so they know that I too,
have been bruised...by beauty.”
― Turquoise Silence
that I would want to
send back to my ancestors
and gift to my descendants
so they know that I too,
have been bruised...by beauty.”
― Turquoise Silence
“whatever you do
be gentle with yourself.
you don’t just live
in this world
or your home
or your skin.
you also live
in someone’s eyes.”
―
be gentle with yourself.
you don’t just live
in this world
or your home
or your skin.
you also live
in someone’s eyes.”
―
“There is
something
mystically
sad
and beautiful
about
how
i will
never
see you
again
but
meet you
again
and again
in poetry.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
something
mystically
sad
and beautiful
about
how
i will
never
see you
again
but
meet you
again
and again
in poetry.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
“funny how our hearts
were designed
to love
so fiercely.
but break
ever so gently.”
―
were designed
to love
so fiercely.
but break
ever so gently.”
―
“Fall in love
with the energy
of the mornings
trace your fingers
along the lull
of the afternoons
take the spirit
of the evenings
in your arms
kiss it deeply
and then
make love
to the tranquility
of the nights.”
―
with the energy
of the mornings
trace your fingers
along the lull
of the afternoons
take the spirit
of the evenings
in your arms
kiss it deeply
and then
make love
to the tranquility
of the nights.”
―
“When it comes
to love
do not ever
settle
for anything
less than magical.”
―
to love
do not ever
settle
for anything
less than magical.”
―
