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I don't know what the future holds... But I want to finish what I came here for.

~ Garnet

what causes the hurt?

if it's not the intention, it must be the indifference...

redundancy?

rosas na (kulay) rosas ang sumalubong sa aking pag-uwi sa aming silid tulugan. awww... wala na, tunaw na ako...

happiness means

a good cry
a surprise visit from your bestfriend
a hug
a late christmas gift
a trip to the mall
window shopping for a dress
puppies
two pieces of chicken
two towels
a phone call
a series of concerned text messages
a cat
a good night's sleep
T-bone steak
a cup of ice cream
a dress arriving all the way from home just in time
songs on stage
pictures
half a pint of ice cream
finding rest

Ode to Sadness

Sadness, scarab
with seven crippled feet,
spiderweb egg,
scramble-brained rat,
bitch's skeleton:
No entry here.
Don't come in.
Go away.
Go back
south with your umbrella,
go back
north with your serpent's teeth.
A poet lives here.
No sadness may
cross this threshold.
Through these windows
comes the breath of the world,
fresh red roses,
flags embroidered with
the victories of the people.
No.
No entry.
Flap
your bat's wings,
I will trample the feathers
that fall from your mantle,
I will sweep the bits and pieces
of your carcass to
the four corners of the wind,
I will wring your neck,
I will stitch your eyelids shut,
I will sew your shroud,
sadness, and bury your rodent bones
beneath the springtime of an apple tree.


[Pablo Neruda]

...do(es) not...

Gifts alone do not entice me;
Parting does not discourage me;
Poverty does not chase me;
Jealousy does not prove my awareness;
Madness does not evidence my presence.

~ Kahlil Gibran, from Song of Love

caution

I appeared to Adam through Eve
And exile was his lot;
Yet I revealed myself to Solomon, and he drew wisdom from my presence.

~ Kahlil Gibran, from Song of Love

it

It is something that gathers strength with patience, grows despite obstacles, warms in winter, flourishes in spring, casts a breeze in summer, and bears fruit in autumn -- I found Love.

~ Kahlil Gibran, from Laughter and Tears

echoes of a banshee

she lets out a scream
of anger and pain
it shatters glass
and mirrors her brokenness within
but she now falls silent

blood

His blood brought me
eternal life
but still
i must undergo
death

wanderer

i came from roaming the streets
squinting all the while
the glaring lights
pain these vampire eyes

infatuation

In addition to diverting our attention from God, infatuation can cause problems for us because it is most often founded on illusion. When infatuated with somoeone, we tend to build up that person in our imaginations as the perfect guy or girl. We think we'd be happy forever if that person would return our affections. Of course, we can only sustain our silly crush because we've substituted fantasy for all the information we lack about the person. As soon as we get to know the person's true identity and discover that our "perfect" man or woman is human like everyone else, our dreams fade and we move on to a new crush.

~ Joshua Harris, I Kissed Dating Goodbye

like i said, crushable... disposable.

words of an atheist

If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.

~ Richard Dawkins

dirty water

Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation. So such discussions between scientists and believers happen quite readily. But neither scientists nor believers always embody the principles precisely. Scientists can have their judgment clouded by their professional aspirations. And the pure truth of faith, which you can think of as this clear spiritual water, is poured into rusty vessels called human beings, and so sometimes the benevolent principles of faith can get distorted as positions are hardened.

~ Francis Collins

(un)necessary risks

Real Men Risk Rejection

from krissy's blog. ^_^