“here is your gentle reminder that there are dandelions growing through cracks in the sidewalk. there is a fence lizard on the porch who is growing a new tail. there are trees growing through an abandoned house, branches tearing through the ceiling, ferns carpeting the floor. there is life pushing forward, pushing through.”

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“Because I carry it well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.”

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“You lived

two decades

with nothing but your spine holding you up. the way light does not care if shadows follow you do not have to be wanted

—to prove you are real.”

– natalie wee, never been kissed

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“The south is so amazing. Just talked to an old man by the river about micro plastics and he said “There’s glitter in our veins that will long outlast our bones” then he just walked away from me.”

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A three-year-old brought me a bit of

black paper. “Look”, she said, “I found a

piece of night!”

We’re all born poets, but slowly we

forget.

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“Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again”

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“if no art makes you feel anything, make your own art and feel something”

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“Why do you people feel profound thought has to come from high places? The gutter looks at the stars too”

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“They fall from the sky sometimes, looking for a place to grow”

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“How liberating it is to pursue wholeness instead of perfection”

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“of course i feel too much, im a universe of exploding stars.”

– S. ajna

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“In Simberg’s garden the humble Death-like figures struggle against harsh conditions; the landscape around the garden has burnt yellow, it is dry and barren. The cherished flowers grow in exotic shapes, slowly, requiring constant care. The black-clad figures love their nurslings.

The garden is a place where Death is allowed to realize its feelings of affection. The Garden of Death can be seen depicting the impossibility of this love; maybe the flowers are tender and fragile because they can not handle the love of Death. Love has two faces: one of them is the face of devastation.”

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“Wasn’t that the definition of home?

Not where you are from, but where you are wanted.”

Abraham Verghese

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“if it was good, it would have stayed”

“and do you cry over that which has passed? i swear to you, if there was any good in it, it would have stayed.”

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“i am not brave but sometimes i am made brave by my friends which is to say i am made brave by love”

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“It’s a fitting punishment for a monster. To want something so much— to hold it in your arms and know beyond a doubt you will never deserve it.”

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“HEALING INVOLVES

DISCOMFORT, BUT SO DOES REFUSING TO HEAL.

ANU, OVER TIME REFUSING TO HEAL IS

ALWAYS MORE PAINFUL.”

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“And when you no longer explain yourself, not out of pride but exhaustion

is that strength, or quiet surrender?”

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“And when the mirror no longer reflects who you were

is it growth, or are you simply gone?”

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Haiku:

yes bacon makes the

world darker so the cat needs

more light to see by

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art never comes first.

first came the blood, the nights, the fever,

the lonely walk in the park.

-vesmir

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“They’re going to bury you three feet deep, because you’ve only ever been half a man” sounds like a raw ass line from Shakespeare or something buts actually from me yelling at my cat for stealing my sandwich while I was getting a drink.

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