Hmm…
To be blonde or not to be
That
is the question?
quotes
Ty Givens
I will give you the key to my heart…I’ll just change the locks every couple of months
from Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends
These books may have been meant for children, but I still love them
“I have been on…
“I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have out walked the furthest city light. “– from Robert Frost’s Acquainted with the Night
I have been acquainted with the night
I have seen blood splatters in splintered floors
stepped in them from the absence of light
stared at the moon until dawn won the fight
in the sky, I
have lied to the dark
insisting that I wasn’t afraid as knuckles met face
in this cuticle of space
how many nights will it take to break
the circle of family abuse
in full swing when the lights aren’t in use.
–A. Long
–an excerpt by Lubiano Wahneema
Slavery exists as a hold on the imagination; the relearning of human attachment is the way in which that hold is loosened.
from Dymer by C. S Lewis
You, stranger, long before your glance can light
Upon these words, time will have washed away
The moment when I first took pen to write,
With all my road before me–yet to-day,
Here, if at all, we meet….
Short Poem
Branded A Poet By God has been tattooed on my fingertips so I slit them with hot pens to bleed ink on the page before hand— A. Long
Today I begin a…
Today I begin a new life. I am the master of my abilities… and today will be a great and beautiful day.
— Baby Boy
Saw this movie the other day. Unsuspectingly deep words from such a trivialized character. go figure.
Hello World
Here’s to having this thingy. Let’s see where it goes.
Hello World
“This is the first day of my life”- SNRG
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