Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz ( Read more... )

It's the last stretch of the semester and we'll have to survive it. How? I'm not exactly sure but it's mostly in the head, in the attitude and in keeping strong. It's hard to ignore the fear but why hold on to something worthless ( Read more... )

I give up ( Read more... )

There are some things in life that I can't control.
I wish I could accept that.

I am not miserable.
I don't need to be.

I am living an interesting experience...
It just gets difficult sometimes.

Maybe being too happy is a crime.

I can't help but be scared...
And I can't always dwell on happy thoughts.

The peace around me is deceptive. The world, for all I know, is collapsing into turmoil but nature provides for a quiet solitude.

A light breeze
That stirs the sunlight from the leaves
Wakes me
From the starkness of reality
From the weight of worlds
That rests on these shoulders
Ready to collapse
But for a moment's peace
I am glad to live again.I ( Read more... )

Light breaks through
As I sink my face into the clouds
Great relief
And stark foreboding.
What could happen next?
Which to choose?
The hymn of the flighty birds that woke with the first droplets of rain
Or the chirping of human voices raised in melody?
What more?
What less?
A rustle of moth-like pages...
The blind reader knows.
It's an early, ( Read more... )

If you've never wished on made up stars or secretly delighted at the way a name feels on your lips when you say it... If you've never known the true value of a smile and just how long it makes your heart skip a beat, then you've never been in love.Time moves too fast, and when that happens it feels all the more precious ( Read more... )

Name five of life's simple pleasures that you like most, then pick five people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not use things that someone else has already used ( Read more... )

The planets travel in ellipses around the sun. There are moments in their revolutions that they seem in transit away from the great ball of steaming gas and fire, only to be pulled back into orbit again. It makes me wonder, if it is their secret desire to be free but at the last moment they realized they need the warmth after all... Then they pull ( Read more... )

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