Inspirational
Fair Trade
I’ll bet you do something important, he said & I said the most important thing was watching while he slept & he said he’d do the same for me someday & we shook hands & decided it was a fair trade.
Falling Into Place
deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don’t get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.
Fashion Angel
these are multi-purpose wings & when she’s not flying they accessorize nicely with almost anything she wears
Eternal Life
She asked me how I felt about eternal life & I said, would I have the same aches & pains I have now because that would factor heavily into my decision.
Exact Centers
This is one of the exact centers of the universe & it’s in charge of a lot of the beautiful & amazing things we’ll take for granted in the future.
Enough Time (Feminine)
Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
Enough Time (Masculine)
Everything changed the day he figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in his life.
Enough Time (No Gender)
Everything changed the day I figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in my life.
Equal Treatment
Why do they treat us like children? they said & I said why do you treat them like adults? & their eyes opened wide & they began to laugh & talk all at once & suddenly everything looked possible again.
Destiny
Destiny? There’s only your time & then there’s not-your-time, he said. All the rest is made up to keep you busy.
Disappearing
The day he first told me he was starting to disappear I didn’t believe him & so he stopped & held his hand up to the sun & it was like thin paper in the light & finally I said you seem very calm for a man who is disappearing & he said it was a relief after all those years of trying to keep the pieces of his life in one place. Later on, I went to see him again & as I was leaving, he put a package in my hand. This is the last piece of my life, he said, take good care of it & then he smiled & was gone & the room filled with the sound of the wind & when I opened the package there was nothing there & I thought there must be some mistake or maybe I dropped it & I got down on my hands & knees & looked until the light began to fade & then slowly I felt the pieces of my life fall away gently & suddenly I understood what he meant & I lay there for a long time crying & laughing at the same time.
Day Break
liking each other because it’s a beautiful day & it seems like a waste of time to disagree about stuff the other one is refusing to change out of sheer stubbornness
Decisions
This is a bag filled with dreams & recipes for soup & he’s deciding right now which he’s really hungry for.
Crowd
She always camouflaged herself as a crowd. I’ve never been lonely, she said, but sometimes it’s hard to think above the noise.
Dark Eyes
Standing in the twilight watching the world with soft dark eyes.
Creature on Fire
This is a creature on fire with love, but it’s still scary since most people think love only looks like one thing, instead of the whole world.
Connection
there came a moment in the middle of the song
when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room
& after that he never forgot he was part
of something much bigger
Connection (feminine)
there came a moment in the middle of the song
when she suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room
& after that she never forgot she was part
of something much bigger
Connection (we)
there came a moment in the middle of the song
when we suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room
& after that we never forgot we were part
of something much bigger
Color Blind
What color are souls? she said &
I said, Color isn’t that much of an issue
when you’re talking souls.