victor hugo
“A writer is a world trapped in a person.” – victor hugo
Author: batesthink
jack gilbert
“We must risk delight. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.” – jack gilbert
ernest hemingway
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” – ernest hemingway
ralph waldo emerson
“A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.”…
love in my way
i have written the pages she asked me to write revealing requesting love in my way i have lived out the days that were promised by rights giving receiving love…
dear kiffie
Dear Kiffie, As you read this, I am sitting outside in the warm sun in Oregon, having lived a full four decades ahead of you. My heart breaks as I…
quiet healer
she came in quietly and closed the door behind her she searched and found me alone afraid still hurting she sat with me looked in my eyes i doubted then…
first love
you asked me to love your pain more than i loved myself and i tried but in the end i could not betray my own soul for if i am…
eclipse
as if the moon itself were not enough the earth intricate and infinitely complex the sun and stars and planets innumerable set in precise rhythm an eclipse as evidence immutable…