Midnight Revelation.

When you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love, but to persist in love."    - The Secret Life of Bees 
          
                      

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

This past week I flew to the Northwest to spend some time with family.

I cannot say how good it was to be with my brother on his sailboat, enjoying 75 degree weather, good coffee, and the beautiful city of Seattle. 

The day I flew home, I made the decision to change universities and to move to New York City in

a matter of weeks. I am so thankful that I was given a respite from the world and a time of rest

and peace before immense decisions and drastic life changes took place.

I think often, the universe looks out for us in that way.

Giving us a time to prepare on principle, or as a little concession.

And I love that. 

(here are a few shots from the trip) 

Borrowed Books

after the bargaining has ended
and the see you has been said
what will we be left with?

a snapshot in a parking lot
for a summer that started with
assurance, and ended with the unexpected.

a mouthful of memories,
without any memorabilia.

(Hailee Steinfeld for Miu Miu) 

Hardly Working: Stomp

Royal Wedding

This week / sixty-two / million mark / the marriage. / Arthur- the future king / the captain / of / the team. / Realistically, it will be feudal / with a / three day / feast to celebrate / respect, alliance, / families, / showpieces. 

Spokane, WA.

(photo via Letters from Maud).

Don’t fool yourself. You are/ significant. but much worse / than a thousand rainy days / just remember that. / I’m still in love with you / there is nothing as significant as / You. / Kiss me / If you can’t / say down with love / if you can’t say / you want to fight / if you can’t say / you live in a dream. / Say anything! / you can’t / I am half sick / do you ever / feel like / i’m still in love with you?

forgetting something

Try this--close /your eyes. No wait, when--if--we see each other / again, the first thing we should do is close our eyes--no, / first we should tie our hands to something/ solid--bedpost, doorknob-- otherwise they (wild birds) / might startle us / awake. Are we forgetting something? What about that / warehouse, the one beside the airport, that room / of black boxes, a man in each box? If you / bring this one into the light he will not stop / crying, if you show this one a photo of his son / his eyes go dead. Turn up the heat, turn up the song. First thing we should do / if we see each other again is to make / a cage of our bodies-- inside we can place / whatever still shines.

-nick flynn

(photo via The Land Between The Mountains)