Being Me

Self Expression 

[midnightinshadow]

[detailed-devilish-soul]

The staircase haunted by my own ghosts

that treat me lovingly, like a guest,

a family member from far away

still learning to speak the language

of revolving doors.

— Leslie Mcintosh

[mournfulroses]

Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume, from a poem titled "Like the sedge of sun-dominated Naniwa," featured in Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology

[academiaatitsfinest]

And we will sit upon the Rocks, 

Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks, 

By shallow Rivers to whose falls 

Melodious birds sing Madrigals.

— Christopher Marlowe

[heylsgowt]

[ashotasfireandasdeepastheocean1]

~ water is life ~

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[pup-purgatory]

[glimpsesofpeaceful]

ig credit: co.nfused

[academiaatitsfinest]

A sudden gust of wind.

Branches brushing against each other—pine, beech.

A fiberglass hull tapping against the dock.

A sudden chill.

The smell of smoke, woodstove fires.

A light going out.

— Lloyd Schwartz

[quotespile]

“Tempted to put too much faith in the great male mind, remember this: It looked at cats and declared them gods. It looked at women and asked, Are they human? And, once that nut had been cracked: But do they have souls?”

— Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

[heylsgowt]

[heylsgowt]

[claudette-monet]

Luminous Water Lilies at Twilight by Claudette Monet

[mournfulroses]

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

[mournfulroses]

Jane Hirshfield, from a poem titled "Lake And Maple," featured in The Asking: New and Selected Poems

[mournfulroses]

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

[yurokiku]

happy birthday xie lian! 💞💞💞

[star011]

Happy Birthday Dianxia

May you always be remembered with fondness