"She nodded, and tilted her head. She has a way about her- I have noticed it, before to-day- a way of shifting mood, of changing tone, and pose. She does it very subtly- not as an actress might, with a gesture that must be seen across a dark and crowded theatre; she does it as a piece of quiet music does it, when it falls or rises into a slightly ( Read more... )

In Excelsis

You -- you --
Your shadow is sunlight on a plate of silver;
Your footsteps, the seeding-place of lilies;
Your hands moving, a chime of bells across a windless air.

The movement of your hands is the long, golden running of light from a rising sun;
It is the hopping of birds upon a garden-path.

As the perfume of jonquils, you come forth in ( Read more... )

"Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives."

- To Kill A Mockingbird

"Si copia tu frente ( Read more... )

"I may be cynical when I say that very rarely is the beloved more than a shaping spirit for the lover's dreams. And perhaps such a thing is enough. To be a muse may be enough. The pain is when the dreams change, as they do, as they must. Suddenly the enchanted city fades and you are left alone again in the windy desert. As for your beloved, she ( Read more... )

"Meet me after dark again and I'll hold you ( Read more... )

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Now I can rest my worries and always be sure
That I won't be alone anymore
If I'd only known you were there all the time
All this time"

~Richard Marx

For my poetry loving friends ( Read more... )

You are everything that this poem is.

"Para descubrir que la vida va
Sin pedirnos nada
Y considerar que todo es hermoso
Y no cuesta nada,

Para combinar
Para estar con vos
Para descubrir y considerar,
Solo me hace falta que estes aqui
Con tus ojos claros.

Ay! Fogata de amor y guia
Razon de vivir mi vida."

~Victor Heredia

"Como tus palabras llenan mi ser. Cada una de tus palabras encajan perfectamente en mis espacios, como las piezas de un rompecabezas. Y me gustaría pegarlas, una por una, para que allí se queden. Dónde si no en mí? Di que me pertenecen, dilo. Dilo y quédate a mi lado hasta que me duerma."

Cada día se parece como nos hicieron para uno a más y más. ( Read more... )