#poetry !!

[thoughtkick]

Never make fun of someone’s passion because that’s the thing that saves them from the world.

Unknown

[thoughtcascades]

person: “wtf is wrong with u?”

me: u mean today or like in general?

[soracities]

Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie, from "On This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Buoyancy of the Human Heart" [ID'd]

from Alight: Best-Loved Poems from the Women of the World Poetry Slam 2013 poem performed by the author here

[havingapoemwithyou]

on earth by Franz Wright

[perfectquote]

Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.

Robert Holden

[thehopefulquotes]

Brave soul, don’t forget that you have survived every onslaught of darkness and fought through hell to get here. You are stronger than you give yourself credit for.

The Better Man Project

[thoughtkick]

You will find out who you are not a thousand times, before you ever discover who you are.

William Chapman

[thoughtcascades]

I'm tired, overstimulated and overwhelmed but I'm trying.

[apoemaday]

The Dove

by Leonard Cohen

I saw the dove come down, the dove with the green twig, the childish dove out of the storm and flood. It came towards me in the style of the Holy Spirit descending. I had been sitting in a cafe for twenty-five years waiting for this vision. It hovered over the great quarrel. I surrendered to the iron laws of the moral universe which make a boredom out of everything desired. Do not surrender, said the dove. I have come to make a nest in your shoe. I want your step to be light.

[mournfulroses]

Charles Baudelaire, from Modern Poets of France: An Anthology; "Games of Chance,"

[quotefeeling]

I'm not who I was one year ago and maybe, just this once, change is good.

E. Grin

[thehopefulquotes]

Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion, and respect to your own journey.

Sylvester McNutt

[thoughtkick]

I love the fact that I can make people happy, in any form. Even if it’s just an hour of their lives, if I can make them feel lucky or make them feel good, or bring a smile to a sour face, that to me is worthwhile.

Freddie Mercury

[perfectfeelings]

Spend more time with people who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.

Unknown

[perfectquote]

How someone reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they’re going to be in your life.

blossomfully

[mournfulroses]

Charles Baudelaire, from Modern Poets of France: An Anthology; "Last Light,"