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i picked up a piece of chain from the floor, gold, sparkling, and i waved it, like an enthusiastic hypnotist at her nose.

“look at this,” i said. “it’s everywhere!” my eyes were wide, my mouth was in a half-grin.

she laughed and pushed it from her face.

i stepped back.

“do you see trails of words on the floor? letters? do you see stray punctuation all over the house?”

her smile spread wider, and  from her laughter came: “oh yeah? that’s how it works?”

“it is!” i said. “i’m much cleaner with my work than you are.”

i walked over to the keys and sat down, spread my fingers across them,

waited,

looked over, she was still on the couch, fiddling, 

i looked down to the floor, no words,

at the walls, no words hanging,

i was right, 

in the drawer, no words or letters tucked away,

i looked back at the screen and began to type, thinking, i’m sure there’s a better poem  around here, somewhere…

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Peter Quill- Guardians of the galaxy

“Sometimes, the thing you’re searching for your whole life is right there by your side all along.” -Pastel

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Today I will throw away my map and smash my compass. I’m tired of living inside these lines. Instead, I will set sail in the direction of the wind. My only destination is forward.

Forward, V.P. (via bandaids-for-the-heart)

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I love words, their meanings, the innumerable ways of exploring them. With every thought leading into a verse, a poem, or an insight. My world expands. It is through vocabulary, that I’ve begun not only to understand myself, but develop my capacity to express it.

(via abstractdevelopment)

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Winter berries

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Watery Walks

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Laughing like the waves🌊

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