#poetry

"Sink or Swim [10w] Lovers master the breaststroke, the crawl and the muff dive."

"I am not yours, not lost in you,Not lost, although I long to beLost as a candle lit at noon,Lost as a snowflake in the sea.You love me, and I find you stillA spirit beautiful and bright,Yet I am I, who long to beLost as a light is lost in light."

"Angels walk amongst those with broken wings. Those with broken wings only need to be given a little love before their hearts can flutter and take flight once again.-Amanda Mosher and Jarod Kintz"

"Choice vs. Disease [10w] People who label lack of control a disease evade responsibility."

"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close."

"Minus One [10w] We more people we fuckthe more lonely we become."

"I arrived, I saw humans and I saw through their faces. Nothing ever changes but the light in their eyes. For I too have buried my demons today, without knowing what might remain beneath the face of tomorrow."

"We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings."

"Q & A The illness of our time is not that we lack for answers;man's tragedy is that we've forgotten the important questions."

"I bring you with reverent handsThe books of my numberless dreams."

"Taste [10w] + [10w] "If you have sophisticated taste, you like what I like.If you're a Neanderthal, you will love what I hate."

"My mind is an instrument of peaceI am the peaceMy heart sing the song of peaceMy mind dances with peaceI laugh with peaceMy soul is longing for peaceMy spirit is the source of peace."

"My head is full of fireand grief and my tongueruns wild, piercedwith shards of glass."

"Wisconsin State Motto Forward.Leading the nation in drunk driving and Cheesehead hats."

"APPLY WITHINYou once told meYou wanted to findYourself in the world -And I told you toFirst apply within,To discover the worldwithin you.You once told meYou wanted to saveThe world from all its wars -And I told you toFirst save yourselfFrom the world,And all the warsYou put yourselfThrough.APPLY WITHIN by Suzy Kassem"

"Stampede [10w] Her stampede of wild emotions broke down everything once stable."

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.But you are eternity and you are the mirror."

"The ‘New House, New Luck’ Fallacy [10w] Switching external environment doesn't cure depression;change must occur internally."

"Staring GirlI once knew a girlwho would just stand there and stare.At anyone or anything,she seemed not to careShe'd stare at the ground,She'd stare at the sky.She'd stare at you for hours,and you'd never know why.But after winning the local staring contest,she finally gave her eyesa well-deserved rest."

"Maybe I hope too much. Maybe I dream too much or maybe I love too much to just give up on you."