spirit animal
“It will be the same
as it has always been
and you are right to pack
your heart in ice
if you believe this.”
-James Tate, from “Wait For Me”
— (via ahuntersheart)
“This llareta plant, parts of which are over 3000 years old, calls Chile’s Atacama desert home. Llaretas can be found throughout the Andes in Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
A relative of parsley, its moss-like appearance belies thousands of flowering buds on long stems which are so densely packed together they can take the weight of a human.”
(via pizzzatime)
“
I dreamed I called you on the telephone
to say: Be kinder to yourself
but you were sick and would not answer
The waste of my love goes on this way
trying to save you from yourself
I have always wondered about the left-over
energy, the way water goes rushing down a hill
long after the rains have stopped
or the fire you want to go to bed from
but cannot leave, burning-down but not burnt-down
the red coals more extreme, more curious
in their flashing and dying
than you wish they were
sitting long after midnight
—
Adrienne Rich, “For the Dead” (via awritersruminations)
Rest in Peach, Adrienne Rich.
“I said to the sun, ‘Tell me about the big bang.’ The sun said, ‘it hurts to become.’”
— Andrea Gibson (via lifeincoffeespoons)
(via awritersruminations)
