quotes i like [5]

"Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, 

and they are two different histories."

~

Zadie Smith

university classics

Ancient Greek letters

Painted in uneven strokes

Under LEDs

~

now that's an odd juxtaposition

three blue pens

three blue pens

and one purple

sitting in my pen cup

it's supposed to be a mug

passing period

"Maybe 'forever' was a word meant for memories and not people."

-- Anonymous

What will I be when you leave?

My hands were made to fit in yours,

But they do the task of cleaning and dusting just fine,

Tidying up an empty kitchen.

Stale, but not sterile.

Like blueberry muffins were baked here,

Christmas cookies, birthday cakes.

Now it smells like old parchment paper and cold morning sunlight.

Memories play like a sad montage,

A kaleidoscope of blurry euphoria,

Brown eyes crinkled in laughter,

Hair tossed in autumn wind,

Gentle arms.

My bedsheets are gentle, 

Soothing on my skin,

But they don't have the same warmth.

I bought them with you.

My feet were made to walk with yours,

But apparently, they do the task of moving on just fine.

What am I after you left?

Still whole, still me,

But sorely wanting.

fragments of the feminine archetypes [7] the mystic [hecate]

a sleight of hand, 

a passing glance

a merry band, 

watch her dance

pass the toadstools,

drink from tide-pools,

naught too cruel

for a captured fool

fragments of the feminine archetypes [6] the sage [athena]

intelligence

what is befit

a scholar?

curiosity to search

poke and prod at the universe

learn what makes it tick

wisdom to learn

discern significance and pry it apart

dissect a theory like she would a specimen

a plane apart the natural world