Everything before the "but" is bullshit...

 

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The Lights  

 

The Sun is a luminous shield

Borne up the blue path By a god;  

The moon is the torch

Of an old man

Who stumbles over the stars. 

 - Eda Lou Walton

 

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Lord of the forest and field and of the starlit night

I acknowledge the truth that for me to live

something must die.

I give thanks for the gift of free will,

and the responsibility that comes with choice.

I choose to abstain from the cycle of unnecessary suffering.

I say to the animals:

You do not have to suffer and die for me.

I say to the corporate death machines:

You do not have to kill for me

and you shall no longer profit from my blindness.

I say to the Earth and all that is holy

that I choose to lay down the sword.

and take in peace instead.

May compassion fulfill and transform me.

May I give as you give, love as you love,

and may my choices bring grace into my life

as you bring grace into this world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~~~~~

 

 

 

two of my tattoos...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the truest truths are what hold us together,
or keep us painfully, desperately apart...    
                                           

 

 

 

What do I look for in poetry? The answer seems simple enough:
I want a poem that can take me to bed, soft and slow or hard
and rough with a gun to my head. I want a poem that can break

down every single thing I expect and rip a window in the world
for me to crawl through on my bare hands and knees.

I want a poem that kills the critic and silences the masses

or causes a war where the only weapons are words.

I want a poem that cuts off
my toes and feeds them to my dog, after having been
taken ill from a strangely placed snakebite.

Basically I want to be entertained, so make it good.
But by the gods, pleeeeze don't bore me...

 

 

 

 

The world's last poet
strolls down the world's last corridor of trees,
while behind him (discreetly, not to distract him),
the world's last lumberjacks
hack down the trees to make the pulp
to make the paper for the world's last
book of poetry, which the poet,
inspired by the trees,
is about to write...

 

 

 

                         
I am a princess. All girls are.
Even if they live in tiny old attics.
Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty,
or smart, or young. They're still princesses.
All of us. Didn't your father ever tell you that?
Didn't he? 

       
                     

 

 

               

Merlin: Love is a force
Young Arthur: Is it very powerful?
Merlin: Yes.. some would say
the greatest power in the Universe...

 

 

 

 

 

"I was born when she kissed me.
I died when she left me.
I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
~  Humphrey Bogart

 

 

 

 

This is just poetry:
It won't save you, but perhaps
it will locate you
so that a rescue party can be sent out.

 

The Dash Movie  

http://www.thedashmovie.com/

 

 

 

             

A young women
vulnerable, confident, excited
delicate hands
arms deliberate at her side
she stands there
a soft etching
to art and beauty
to life and lust

 

 

 

What if...?


~ Doubt is a pain too lonely

to know that faith is his twin brother. ~ Kahlil Gibran

 

 

 

~ There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships

and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts;

it is a sword that kills.

 ~ Buddha

 

 

 

~ When you can't remember why you're hurt,
that's when you're healed...

 

~ It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply
to serve as a warning to others...

 

 

~ 100,000 lemmings can't be wrong...

 

 

 

~ Eagles may soar free and proud, but weasles never
get sucked into jet engines...

 

 

 

 

~ Please excuse me while I recharge my flamethrower...

 

~ "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis,

and only enough blood to run one at a time." ~ Robin Williams

 

 

 

~  Without order nothing can exist; without chaos
nothing can evolve...

 

~ Epitath of an athiest: all dressed up and nowhere to go...

 

 

 

~ I've come to believe that each of us has a personal  

calling that's as unique as a fingerprint -

and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love

and then find a way to offer it to others... ~ Oprah

 

 

 

~ Amor est vitae essentia - Love is the essence of life

 

 

~ “There are two births: the one when light
First strikes the new awakened sense;
The other when two souls unite,
And we must count our life from thence,
When you loved me and I loved you,
Then both of us were born anew"

 ~ william cartwright

 

 

~ “If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot

prevent us and because we are backing our own

side in the struggle for existence,

it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies,

or capitalists for the same reasons. ~ CS Lewis

 

 

 

 

www.animalwritings.com/archive/2005_05_01_blo...

 

 

 

~ Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying?

Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede,

the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow,

and I will always be here to take care of you."

~ Charlie Brown to Snoopy

 

 

~ "After-play is just the prelude to more foreplay."

~ Mel Phoenix

 

 

 

 

 

 

~  There are easier things in life than trying to find a nice guy...
like nailing jelly to a tree for example    
(just kidding, Mel)

 

 

 

 

 

"Quien no comprende una mirada tampoco

comprenderá una larga explicación" - (Proverbio árabe)

 ~~~~~

~ I Do Believe in Fairies! I Do! I Do!

 

 

~ never, ever doubt the threads~ 

 

 

 

 

 

You

me

each and every one of us

is strong.

Do not underestimate yourself.

Life will kick you when you are down, so get right back up.

Do not show weakness, you have it in you to fight - to trust yourself.

You will be truly amazed when you give yourself that chance.

Embrace this immense strength and blessing

that your inner spirit has endowed on you 

and face the challenges of this world with a smile.

 

 

 

 

 

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