247 notes Reblog Permalink posted on April 5, 2013When a tree dies
The rest of the forest doesn’t cry
But the earth hurts a bit
Oceans lose some strength within
In every sway of the waves
142 notes Reblog Permalink posted on April 5, 2013 }>Six Degree's Of Inner Turbulence: WildernessWhen the flood came,
I forgot how to swim.
Did I ever learn?
Will I ever learn?Sometimes the waves
are gentle, the water cool,
but I can feel the sand
slipping beneath my feet,and when I open my eyes
underwater, it doesn’t hurt
to look at the sun.
(Yet the salt still stings.)Drowning has a way
of making you feel
light and heavy
at the same time.When the flood came,
I forgot how to swim.
Did I ever learn?
Will I ever learn?
134 notes Reblog Permalink posted on April 5, 2013 }>Poetry Travelling Scholarshipthe wilderness is a kind place
to a lost soul.
it is solace to the broken down
and a cardboard box for the
found.
it is the emptiness for a cup overrun;
a glass cage for those
losing ground.my mind is doused in brandy and
thoughts of you.
spirits of the netherworld tell me stories
of a…
1,045 notes Reblog Permalink posted on April 5, 2013
Amy Lowell is dead, but she wants to pay for you to travel the world. And write poetry. Nice.
When a tree dies
The rest of the forest doesn’t cry
But the earth hurts a bit
Oceans lose some strength within
In every sway of the waves
When the flood came,
I forgot how to swim.
Did I ever learn?
Will I ever learn?Sometimes the waves
are gentle, the water cool,
but I can feel the sand
slipping beneath my feet,and when I open my eyes
underwater, it doesn’t hurt
to look at the sun.
(Yet the salt still stings.)Drowning has a way
of making you feel
light and heavy
at the same time.When the flood came,
I forgot how to swim.
Did I ever learn?
Will I ever learn?
the wilderness is a kind place
to a lost soul.
it is solace to the broken down
and a cardboard box for the
found.
it is the emptiness for a cup overrun;
a glass cage for those
losing ground.my mind is doused in brandy and
thoughts of you.
spirits of the netherworld tell me stories
of a…
Amy Lowell is dead, but she wants to pay for you to travel the world. And write poetry. Nice.