#poetry

"Nor is there wanting in the pressSome spirit to stand simply forth,Heroic in it nakedness,Against the uttermost of earth.The tale of earth's unhonored thingsSounds nobler there than 'neath the sun;And the mind whirls and the heart sings,And a shout greets the daring one."

"Let me just pause a minute and drink in this moment. And if you film it, I’ll be able to get free refills for life."

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."

"Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;We will grieve not, rather findStrength in what remains behind;In the primal sympathyWhich having been must ever be..."

"I walked a mile with Pleasure;She chatted all the way;But left me none the wiserFor all she had to say.I walked a mile with Sorrow;And ne’er a word said she;But, oh! The things I learned from her,When Sorrow walked with me."

"Love vs. Mental Illness [10w] Love, like mental illness, comes on graduallyand then suddenly."

"We didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it"

"Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep."

"Err 2 [10w] To err is human, to make it a habit, assinine."

"Witchcraft vs. Wordcraft [10w] Covens of witches convened at their annual unconventional Coven’s Convention."

"My words are the garment of what I shall never be Like the tucked sleeve of a one-armed boy."

"A flowing flurry of flowers fell to the floor when I fell in love, as if my heart were a garden that gushed forth and flooded her being with the fragrance of romance."

"La Récolteuse de la Mort Je suis la Récolteuse de la Mort et ~vous êtes ce que je viens pour les!"

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"You are ice and fire The touch of you burns my hands like snow"

"Enigmatic Real Estate I choose to live on the edge of mysterywith its inscrutable view of complexityhedged by perplexity.Also, there's a Walmart nearby."

"Las Vegas Magic! I was the greatest magician in the world.Things were going great. My agent booked me to play the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas for $100,000 per performance!When I got onstage everything suddenly disappeared.I'm not sure if it was allan illusion or a delusion,but I cashed the check anyway just to be safe."

"Love and Death [10w] A person who lives without love chooses death by default."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"Cutthroat Competition [10w] If competition becomes cutthroatit suggests business has become piracy."