It isn’t enough.
I was gulping for air that never came. You know, graceless.
Until I let go.
~ Rolando Rios, Queen of the South (S2:E:1)
Notes:
- Photo: Ewa Cwikla via See More
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Tag: enough
Lightly Child, Lightly
There isn’t enough of anything
as long as we live.
But at intervals
a sweetness appears and,
given a chance,
prevails.
~ Raymond Carver, from “The Author of Her Misfortune” in “All of Us: The Collected Poems”
Notes:
- Poem via youreyesblazeout. Photo: Stelios Papadopoulos via see more
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
It’s been a long day
I am not a person to say the words out loud
I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page:
know it from there, from my silence, from somewhere other
than my tongue
the quiet love
the silent rage
— Keri Hulme, from “Against the Small Evil Voices,” in Strands.
Notes:
- Photo: Miguel Ángel Muñoz book cover: Quédate donde estás (via Your Eyes Blaze Out.)
- Poem: The Vale of Soul Making
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It’s been a long day
Maybe it would be better
to let out a gentle sigh
at the transience of the world
and carry on.
~ Kyo Maclear, Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
Notes:
- Photo: via Mennyfox55
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It’s been a long day
When I tell you how bad it is,
how hard I’ve worked at something,
how much I’ve been through,
there is only one phrase I want to hear.
Which is:
‘That’s enough. You can stop now.’
~ Kyo Maclear, Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
Notes:
- Art: Johan Barrios (graphite and watercolor on paper) via (thisisnthappiness)
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