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I thought that I could keep it—the light on the running tide,
how your eyes give you away no matter what you hide.
I thought that I could hold it—the forest along the sand,
your neck bones like pearls underneath my hand.
But time's school has taught me how petals brown and die.
There's no saving pleasure.
Don't try. Don't try. — Louise Hawes The Language of...

You do know, right, that between the no-longer and the still-to-come you are being continually tattooed, inked with the skulls of everyone you've ever loved—the you & the you & the you & the you—you don't sit in a chair, thumb through a binder, pick a design, it simply happens each time you bring your fingers to your face to inhale him back into you... tiny skulls, some of us are covered. You, love, could simply tattoo an open door, light pouring in from somewhere outside, you could make your body a door so it appears you — Nick Flynn

From childhood's hour I have not bee

So here is my story, may it bringSome smiles and a tear or so,It happened once upon a time,Far away, and long ago,Outside the night wind keens and wails,Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!

I will never hurt you.I will always help you.If you are hungryIll give you my food.If you are frightenedI am your friend.I love you now.And love does not end.

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