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apparently

September 21, 2014
By haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

― Mary Oliver


my apparently self-effacing
altruism is what
i can no longer fathom.

I wish I’d be able to sleep,
so I could wake up with
amnesia,

maybe then
I could have
an apparently selfish
heart.



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on Oct. 2 2014 at 9:36 am
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
45 articles 2 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
“When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”

This is simply powerful! Nothing less. And apparently, this should be published.

on Sep. 29 2014 at 6:20 pm
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

― Mary Oliver

I appreciate that, thank you. It's nice to know when people can relate.

JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 29 2014 at 10:11 am
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
43 articles 10 photos 523 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you."

"Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, 'I just don't care.'?"

This...I have no words. Just the simplicity of this, all the meaning underneith I absolutely love and can relate to :) Wonderful peice