Other Peoples

"because I could not stop for death

He kindly stoped for me

The carraige held but just ourselves

And Immortality"

-Emily Dickenson

"Angels and Ministers of grace defend us.

Be though a spirit of health, or goblin damned,

Bring with the airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,

Be thy intents wicked, or charitable,

Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,

That I will speak to thee."

-William Shakespeare

"For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast,

and breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd

And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,

and their heats but once heaved, and forever grew still"

-George Gordon Byron

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

and sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

Then took the other, as just as fair

And having berhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear:

Though as for that, the passing there,

Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads to way

I doubted if I should ever come back

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence;

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by

And that has made all the difference"

-Robert Frost

"I recall one morning I awoke and saw the sun

I rose to greet the world, for my life had just begun

I left my home, I walked alone, and then I started

to run

Anxious just to see it all, I dreamed of things to come

I saw the trees, I saw the seas, and then I saw the skies

In sweet embrace, I saw your face, and then I saw your eyes

I could not speak, I could not move, I could not even breath

And in you, my love was true, and that I did believe."

-Charles Hollis

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

and things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

Is our destined end or way;

But to act, that each tomorrow

Find us farther than today.

Art is long, and time is fleeting

And our hearts, though stout and brave,

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

Funeral marches to the grave

In the worlds broad field of battle,

In the bouviac of life,

Be not dumb, driven cattle!

Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!

Let the dead past bury it's dead!

Act, act in the living present!

Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints in the sands of time.

Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate,

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor, and to wait.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What if you slept?

And what if in your sleep you dreamed?

And what if, in your dream,

you went to heaven and there

you picked a strange and beautiful flower?

And what if, when you awoke,

you had the flower in your hand?

Ah, what then?

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"We will not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

-T.S. Elliot, "Little Gidding" Four Quartets(1942)

"To die, to sleep-

To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

Must give us pause; there is the respect

That makes calamity of so long life."

-William Shakespear, "Hamlet"

Did you ever feel that

somewhere

There is something more? Something

Greater-

Bigger-

Larger-

Better-

And if you could find it

somewhere

It would be

A tiny stars light

not so importan

not so different

flaming

into the heat of the sun

-Ann Wolf

Mine

I can't live through you anymore

There was too much love, I had to get rid of it.

But every time I cut myself I bleed you.

Your the only thing left inside of me now.

The blade does nothing to numb my heart,

I can't feel anything but the pain.

But through it all, I know I love you.

If the knife was on your throat,

Would you trust me?

Am I selfish enough to take you with me?

If I had the stregth to pull the triger,

I could make this go faster.

But would you give a damn?

Where is this going?

I can't see that far in front of me.

I feel like such a whore.

Is it worth it?

She couldn't take the pain.

Do you dream about me at night?

Dream of your hands where they'll never be.

Do you taste my breasts on your lips when you wake?

A taste that turns to blood

She sees those dreams

Do you hear her scream in the bed beside you.

Think its all a fantasy, she's losing her mind.

Losing her life.

I want you as much as you want me.

I want her too, but she'll not have us.

She's pushing us away, can't you see it?

Stop her.

She can't take the pain.

I wonder....is it worth it?

I don't think....I can live through this

I love him....I can't trust my heart

Metal....the blade controls my mind

Blood....Red is the color love

Water....I wash away the pain

Tears....I cry myself to sleep

Gasps....My breath begins to slow

Warmth....Im fading away

I love him....I can't trust my heart

Its not going to hurt anymore.

Death is stronger than love.

I do not believe anymore

I cannot trust myself

Do you trust me?

I love him

Do you love me?

I hate this life

Can you help me through?

Will you get me out,

If I stay with you?

Its all that matters

Now that he is gone

I can rebuild my life

But you must be strong.

"To love is to recapture the innocence of childhood. To be naive, but in your naivety manage to find perfect happiness. True innocence is not in ones actions, but in the weakness, and the strength, the ablity, to fall blindly into love, and trust such blindness. One must feel sorry for the innocent, although, in the end, they will be the only ones who are truly happy."

I loved you with all of my heart

I mourned you with all of my soul

I missed you with all of my mind

And I longed for you with every ounce of longing

that life could give me

I spent every spare moment with thoughts of none other than you in my mind

Thinking of you....

Dreaming of you....

Wishing for you....

"Nunc scio quit sit amor"

Now I know what love is

I cannot fight how I feel for you,

I cannot ever quit longing

"For it was not into my ear that you whispered,

but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."

And it was not my heart you left, only my side

For, as long as I live, you will always have a place in my heart.

"Looking into your eyes, I saw a gateway to your soul. I journeyed through that gateway, and inside I found a twisted pathway lined with sunflowers that led through a forest of briar bushes to a garden of roses. I went to pick one, and was pricked by a thorn on its stem. As a drop of blood fell from my finger tip to the petals of a rose beneath it, I thought to myself, all this garden needs is someone to tent to it."

"Before I met you, everynight

I prayed that I would never find

Someone who I truly cared about

Not because I was afraid of being hurt

But because I was afraid that I would hurt them

And then, when I met you,

I swore to myself

That I would never hurt you

But now, just look at me

Look what I have done

Look at this mess that I have put us both thru

And now, all that I have left to pray for

Is that you won't hate me forever

Because for the first time in my life,

I am afraid of losing someone

I am afraid of losing you.

Where did you come from?

Because I met you on Monday

And I haven't thought about anything

but you since.

I don't feel this way about people,

I don't fall in love

I didn't expect this,

I don't want this.

But tell me where you came from

Because I met you on Monday

And I haven't thought about anything

but you since

So tell me where you came from

For I should like to go there.

Grab my hand, and hold it tight

Hold me close all through the night

For once the suns above the trees

My love will all be gone from thee

For never again will thy path cross mine

And never again will you in my eyes shine

But for now, hold me safely in your soul

Let our two existences intertwine, and together

reach for this goal

For just one night of undisturbed emotions

Love and happiness, if only in our immaginations

But, see, the sun rises softly in the east

And on the table sits a couples feast

That though for you, I can now clearly see

For both you and me, it could not be,

So from your grasp I slowly slip

And exit with but a simple kiss

And even if you never understand

I was not only for me that I let go of your hand

But for you, and whoever it was

That was meant to be, instead of us.

Though you hold me in your arms it seems,

Your hand is simply out of reach

And though secrets you whisper in my ear,

I long for what I used to hear

When those secrets were more than just lies,

When your smile was not a disguise

When every treasured kiss was true

When it seemed I knew the real you

But the expression in your eyes is far

and our passionate dreams, once true, are scar'd

So now I leave your side with this,

lips to lips, a last wish kiss

To you I give a clean, free, slate

To search for new and drown the day

Whatever you may wish to do

That simple freedom I give to you

And if to me, you should return,

Then I shall be saved my time to morn

But now I slowly leave your side

To you I say, farewell, goodbye