All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

Vikram Seth

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there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out

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I visited the beach a couple of nights ago as the sun set. My eyes appreciated the rainbow of colour that stretched across the sky at dusk and my mind thought the sandy patterns made by the waning tide were quite spectacular, yet I felt nothing ( Read more... )

Despite my self serving nature and all my other flaws, I feel a responsibility to the world and to humanity. I want to create something beautiful and lasting - something that can change lives and move whole communities.

Though I am so very small, I want to touch every soul.

I wish I had a real dream... something grounded in reality. I wish I felt strongly enough about that dream to plan a real future around it.

I'm volcanic.

These silent moments are more beautiful than any other... more Divine than any touch I've known.

I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,
Borne up by each wave as it passes, drawn down by each wave that recedes;
I would empty my soul of the dreams that have gathered in me,
I would beat with your heart as it beats, I would follow your soul
as it leads.

-Sarah Teasdale