“Do not believe
angels are easy.
Instead, terrible,
terrific
in the oldest sense--
the ground giving
way beneath
your feet.”
Source: Book of Hours: Poems
“Plenus annis abiit, plenus honoribus,” Poppy said. “He is gone from us, full of years and full of honours.”
Source: Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
“The irony of freedom is that it is harder to find hope and purpose. Now i must come to terms with the fact that anyone i marry won't know my parents. If i ever have children, they won't know their grandparents. It isn't just my own loss that hurts. It's the way it ripples out into the future.”
Source: The Choice: Embrace the Possible
“The planet knows no greater silence than two dozen hearts after a loss.”
Source: Beartown
“I wish I could reverse time. If I could, I’d go back and change a lot of things. For one, I’d be a better friend to Dodds.” I rock back on my heels and stare down at the ground. Was I even a friend to him at all? “But, the thing is,” I continue, “we can’t go back.” My voice starts to crack. “That’s life’s greatest punishment. We can’t go back and right the wrongs, fix the mistakes, undo the tragedies, change our minds, make different decisions, unbreak hearts, take back words. All you can do is own your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep on living.”
Source: Stay with Me
“Elegy to Black Panther"
Yibambe, Mfalme, yibambe on your crossing to the ancestral land
Where we imagine the Infinity Gauntlet sitting safely upon your taloned hand.
Rest in power, Mfalme, sleep peacefully, for your earthly battles are won;
The King of Wakanda forever, our most esteemed, Native son.”
Source: Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics
“Blood-Stained"
Six minutes, no medics, I gasped as ragged breaths escaped my lungs.
“Hold on, Bre, hold on,” my love pleaded, but I was already gone.
I drowned in my own life’s blood as I heard my love weep for me.
Lord, wake us from this nightmare – we want to go back to sleep.”
Source: Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics
“Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“The world's a hard place, Danny. It don't care. It don't hate hate you and me, but it don't love us either. Terrible things happen in the world, and they are things no one can explain. The world don't love you, but your momma does and so do I.”
Source: THE SHINING
“He felt like the gravestones. Rooted in the earth. Here he was, packed and ready to move hours away for a fresh start. However, he felt like his heart was being left behind--lodged into the ground right next to her headstone.”
Source: What Grace Washed Up