#hope

"Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free."

"Cinco de Mayo [10w] What day do the dead party to celebrate the living?"

"The best kind of humans are the ones who stay."

"I know now, just quite howMy life and love might still go onIn your heart, in your mindI'll stay with you for all of time."

"You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity."

"A girl has to have a beautiful smile, Beautiful eyes and she should have a good sense of humor. She should be honest, loving and trustworthy."

"Hermit Crab Should a hermit crab be required to have a real estate license?"

"But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment."

"...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No."

"Show Up [10w] I've waited for you all my life ~show up already!"

"Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,And sings the tune without the words,And never stops at all,And sweetest in the gale is heard;And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm.I've heard it in the chilliest landAnd on the strangest sea;Yet, never, in extremity,It asked a crumb of me."

"A Poem Must Have an Accomplice If you cannot bamboozle the reader into becoming a willing accomplice to your artifice and collusion the poem won't fly."

"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

"Embittered [10w] "His heart blistered like paint peeling from an old rig."

"To be unbroken, what would that be?If words that were spoken, had not shattered me"

"Mind led bodyto the edge of the precipice.They stared in desireat the naked abyss.If you love me, said mind,take that step into silence.If you love me, said body,turn and exist."

"The Tigger Journals [10w] "Honestly, I'd rather be alone than with that unbearable Winnie-the-Pooh."

"The world is a goddamned evil place, the strong prey on the weak, the rich on the poor; I’ve given up hope that there is a God that will save us all. How am I supposed to believe that there’s a heaven and a hell when all I see now is hell."

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

"I'm beginning to think that to hope isn't the same as to expect something. To hope is to believe that life is an acceptable chaos."