It is the black smoke rising
Oozing through shuttered windows
seeping into quiet corners
Blocking the heart from
the light of the mind
deepening the gloom of
the mind’s eye
~ Lynn Kincaid
Black smoke rising
Poor mortals
“What can poor mortals say about clouds?” ~ John Muir
Photo by Richard Fogg
Those who leave
“Those who leave have a reason that is more powerful than the one to stay.” ~ Sejai Badani
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When you know what you want
“When you know what you want and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.” ~ Jim Rohn
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Other people’s worlds
“It’s fun to peek into other people’s worlds and see how they go about doing things.” ~ Norah Jones
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The gaze is a singular act
“In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act; to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.” ~ Ocean Vuong
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When light floats
“There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath.” ~ Douglas Adams
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The best time to plant a tree
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.” ~ Chinese proverb
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To buried treasure
“We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.” ~ Indiana Jones
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The bee is praised
“It’s not so much how busy you are but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.” ~ Mary O’Connor
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To have wings
“The reason birds can fly, and we can’t, is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have perfect faith is to have wings.” ~ J. M. Barrie
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