#hope

"What's in it for me?' A selfish person doesn't become compassionate as the result of some words of wisdom or epiphany. The selfish need selfish reasons to act unselfish."

"Double-Dipping [10w] Double-dip in righteousness and delight in the here and herafter."

"A Tad Old Fashioned [10w] "Save all your sighing and swooning for the 18th Century, bitch."

"Oxford, England Haiku City shrouded in fogand within the blinding mist we found each other."

"Poetry is a Ladder {C☰O☰U☰P☰L☰E☰T} {The poet's job is to create a ladder} {for the reader to enter his imagination}and☰once☰they've☰climbed☰u­p☰to☰the ☰top☰remove☰each☰rung☰by☰grad­ation"

"Grass in a Sidewalk Crack Grass sprounting miraculously in a sidewalk crack is a metaphor forlousy maintenance."

"Your Poem A poem is a waking dream.If your poem is shit,then it was a fucking nightmare."

"Perfection [10w] If you've attained perfection,then what's the point of living?"

"Free at last, he thought. Great God Almighty, I'm free at last. Then: I believe this is redemption. And it's good, isn't it? Quite good, indeed."

"While there is tea, there is hope."(Sweet Lavender)"

"…a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed..."

"Nomad {Couplet} When your roots grow from the outside in,home becomes whatever place you're in."

"She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair."

"Long distance is hard. You have to trust that as you each change on your own, your relationship will also change along with you. It takes hope, good humor, and idealism. It takes a massive dose of courage to protect the relationship at all odds. It is hard, but worth it. You'll both be stronger as a result."

"Create your own path.Don't blindly follow the massess... because most of the time the "M"is silent."

"Poorly Hidden [10w] We're incapable of hiding arrogance, ambition or being in love."

"I’m going to follow this invisible red thread until I find myself again… until I finally figure out… who I’m meant to be."

"You said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place longing to come alive again. It's a place for disappearing, you'd said, a place for getting lost... and for getting found.I'll take you there, you'd said.And I could say that I agreed."

"In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

"You can actually create the life you want. It all depends on how daring you desire it."