could i have prevented you
from walking away?
could i have been better?
more responsive?
more agreeable?
more happy?

Rest your heart now, child. For there are higher mountains you must soon climb.

Let the truth and purpose of love guide you. Nothing else, my love.

And the moon reflected in her eyes gave reassurance that she would never be alone.... even if his arms, she was without.

What do we know about the character of life? We try to recreate its dignity, without even meeting its true form...

Everything we know, is everything we don't know. For we are aware only of what's revealed to us, but there is so much more, evolving within the hemispheres of the Earth.

Should I challenge myself, to be braver? Or do I fade away between weeks of summer transitioning to fall?

I just needed you to believe in me
For one moment more
For one hour more
For one lifetime more.

There is no
magic
lurking in your speech-
but I'm devouring all
possibilities;
there is no
explanation
for how your words
affect me,
trap me,
coyly

use me.

(And I, don't always
want to find you
out).

I think one of the hardest tasks we are given is to love ourselves before we fully love others.