Let's just call it sunrise...

Come the white morning
I'll cross the earth on my face,

let the barrel of light tip over one more time

and let's just call it sunrise.
I don't know anything

about blowing a child out
like a balloon, or what comes after-

that dream like a waterfall sealed in a flask
close to God's hip

-John Rybicki from "Tender Range"

Trust Them

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." 
-Ernest Hemingway

Ya - what he said

"To hell with being ashamed of what you liked. "

- Invisible Man

Able to Breathe

"Only a shipwrecked person who has just escaped drowning could understand the psychology of someone who breaks out in laughter just because he is able to breathe."


-Kōbō Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

Staring at the Sky

…you can look at something, close your eyes, and see it again and still know nothing – like staring at the sky to figure out the distances between stars.

     -Ann Beattie, Jacklighting

The Red Thread

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.”

-Ancient Chinese Proverb 

Power Boat

"We’re all sinking in the same boat here. We’re all bored and desperate and waiting for something to happen. Waiting for life to get better. Waiting for things to change. Waiting for that one person to finally notice us. We’re all waiting. But we also need to realize that we all have the power to make those changes for ourselves."

— Susanne Colasanti, Waiting For You