Did you get what you wanted from this life even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved,
to feel myself beloved on earth.
--Raymond Carver

"I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should. I must be myself. I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly ( Read more... )

 
candles light
candles flicker with the inconsistency of belief, 
whimpering prayers extinguishing the last hope
you clutch with you prolonged, lingering touch
embedded in my curls, 
as if faith could rest in the hollow space between spirals, 
as if your words are real because your eyes are closed.
meet darkness.
reality
eyes swollen shut, 
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rob allowed the swing to sway back and forth under the weight of himself and his daughter, melanie. the creak of the loose board remained constant, he found that almost comforting and reassuring. the milky glow on the sun reached the horizion that morning and he gazed gently at his four-year-old's face now illuminated by the light. rob's wife, ( Read more... )

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