Which shouldn't exist....

Which shouldn’t exist in this world,

the one who forgets or the one who is forgotten?

Which is better, to love one who has died 

or not to see each other when you are alive? 

Which is better, the distant lover you long for 

or the one you see daily without desire? 

Which is the least unreliable among fickle things - 

the swift rapids, a flowing river, or this human world?”

~Izumi Shikibu

And in the end.....

And in the end, 

we were all just humans.. 

drunk on the idea that love, 

only love, 

could heal our brokenness.

~ChristopherPoindexter

I choose.....

I choose to love you in silence 

for in my silence I find no rejection. 

I choose to love you in my loneliness 

for in my loneliness no one owns you but I. 

I choose to adore you from a distance 

for distance shields us both from pain. 

I chose to imprison you in my thoughts 

cause in my thoughts, freedom is for me to decide 

I choose to kiss you on the wind 

for the wind is gentler than my lips. 

I choose to hold you only in my dreams 

for in my dreams there is no end…

~Rumi

All you have to do.....

All you have to do is close your eyes

And just reach out your hands and touch me

Hold me close don't ever let me go

More than words is all I ever needed you to show

Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me

Cause I'd already know

~Extreme

I struggle with wanting you all the time, 

so please don’t mistake my silence for indifference.

 It’s just I have to hold myself back because I feel too much. 

Too often. 

Too wildly out of my control.”   

      

 ~Tina Tran

When you look.....

When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, 

or when you contemplate beauty in nature 
and something within you responds deeply to it,

close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love 
or that beauty within you

inseperable from who you are, your true nature.

~Elkhart Tolle

A serious girl.....

A serious girl, 

when she finds someone to calm her spirit,

 and quiets her busy thoughts, 

will love you so fiercely,

 it will defy even her own logic and reasoning.

IWYL

When it's real.....

When it's real you'll know,

you won't be confused about it.

~jz

Love is .....

Love is something you and I must have. 

We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. 

We must have it because without it, we become weak and faint. 

Without love, our self-esteem weakens. 

Without it, our courage fails. 

Without love, we can no longer look out confidently at the world. 

We turn inward and begin to feed upon our own personalities,

 and little by little we destroy ourselves.

~ Chief Dan George (1899 - 1981), Tsleil-Waututh

My dear friend.....

My dear, find what you love and let it kill you.

 Let it drain you of your all.

 Let it cling onto your back

 and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.

Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.

For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, 

but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.

~Charles Bukowski

Longing

And her love for him was pure and real and unconditional.  She longed for him, her body ached for his touch.  Holding back the passion inside her was excruciating.  Yet she did.  She held it back and felt the pain of not being able to kiss him until she couldn't breathe, to touch him until there was not an inch left to touch, to feel the warmth of his body next to hers, to caress him, and love him until she screamed!!!!

~jz

I don't want a lukewarm love..... I want it to burn my lips and engulf my soul.

You may not be her first, her last, or her only.....

You may not be her first, her last, or her only.
 She loved before she may love again.
 But if she loves you now, what else matters? 
She's not perfect - you aren't either, 
and the two of you may never be perfect together 
but if she can make you laugh, 
cause you to think twice, 
and admit to being human and making mistakes,
 hold onto her and give her the most you can. 
She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, 
but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. 
So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze 
and don't expect more than she can give. 
Smile when she makes you happy,
 let her know when she makes you mad,
 and miss her when she's not there.” 

~Bob Marley

When love beckons to you, follow him.....

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.
~Kahlil Gibran

Oh.....

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

~Tennessee Williams

Being tender.....

Being tender and open is beautiful. 

As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. 

Too sensitive. 

Too mushy.

 Too wishy washy.

 Blah blah. 

Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. 

Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish 

your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. 

Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things.

 Whether it’s a song,

 a stranger, 

a mountain, 

a rain drop, 

a tea kettle,

 an article, 

a sentence, 

a footstep, 

feel it all – look around you. 

All of this is for you. 

Take it and have gratitude. 

Give it and feel love.

-Zooey Deschanel

I have learned.....

I have learned that you can go anywhere you want to go 

and do anything you want to do 

and buy all the things that you want to buy 

and meet all the people that you want to meet

 and learn all the things that you desire to learn

 and if you do all these things but are not madly in love:

 you have still not begun to live.

~C. JoyBell C.

Let your love.....

Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river.

~ Malagasy Proverb.

Love.....

Love is anterior to life,

Posterior to death,

Initial of creation, and

The exponent of breath.

~Emily Dickenson

If I.....

If I place love above everything, 
it is because for me it is the most desperate,
 the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.


~Andre Breton