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Ode to the home of the flightless birds

something about new zealand's oceans reminded me that it’s okay to appear peaceful and tame, yet be capable of carrying unmeasurable depth. to carry mysteries so big, yet only offer the quick flash of a whale tail on the surface. to show that beneath a shiny exterior exists answers waiting for discovery.  something about the downpours of the rainforest, only a few miles from drought stricken hills, reminded me that even the earth sobs and because it does, everything beneath i

Lola, Lila, and A Little Empathy

Yesterday I met Peter, an older gentleman from my neighborhood. He patted my pup on the head and told me his wife goes to the pound to find the most troubled dog she can—because she believes she can fix them.“And she does,” he said with a smile. Today I met his wife. I waved from across the road, and she hurried over like an old friend. My usually shy pup melted under her touch, tail thumping with joy. “I like to go to the pound and pick the dogs with the most problems,” she

lifeline pt. 2

 

it is now at 5:25 on a monday evening 

that i realize what has kept me here 

i am surviving off of dead poets & living ones

their souls live by keeping mine alive

i am here because 

one stanza 

one sentence 

one word 

found my breath 

worth taking 

 

each one a compression on my chest saying 

just one more day 

 

poets never die

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