Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid ( Read more... )

You were born in Italy, to poor young newly weds, probably in the 1920's. This was one of the things I could tell about you from the friendly wave i received while walking past your shop window. With your white apron and doctor-esque jacket, you would look up from whatever you were working on and lock eyes with mine every morning on my way to work ( Read more... )

maybe i jumped the gun.

i can always have the best of both worlds, right?

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my life has been absurd lately. i feel like another version of myself. there are more dream like qualities to my every day life than ever before. smokey haze-covered days where the sunlight pours through in beams and strands. dust swirled moments wrapped in bliss. sultry mornings under the layers of warmth and kisses that taste of last nights ( Read more... )

"i'm in the market for something real" she said ( Read more... )

this may or may not have been prompted by the latest reply to my last entry ( Read more... )

-i'm not ok.
i'm ok.

-i'm sad.
i'm happy.

-i'm scared.
yes, i'm scared. fucking scared.

money issues are worrying me. my current life worrys me. i have so much feelings lately that its currently hard to deal with. its very hot and cold. hot, hot, scorching,cold, cold, freezing. i think i know what i want to do with it. it being my life. but if anyone ( Read more... )

 oh. hello.

i'm having quite a lovely day. have you ever had a day when your horoscope is very very accurate?
my day is like that. which is a good thing i suppose, but the day is also not over...
my horoscope reads:

" The praise you may receive this morning may be making you feel like the jewel of the world, Brianne, but try not to let this feeling go ( Read more... )

 Since I stopped being Vegan back in October I really don't feel as healthy as I used to.
Partly because along with letting cheese and icecrem back into my diet, I welcomed terribly unhealthy things like cake and cookies and things I never would have eaten before. Its not that I feel that I have gained a bunch of weight or anything, but I just don't ( Read more... )