And I have stepped into your dream at night,
A stranger there, my body steeped in moonlight.
I watched you tremble, washed in all that silver.
Love, the stars have fallen into the garden
And turned to frost. They have opened like a hand.
written by Thomas James, from “Tom O’ Bedlam among the Sunflowers” (via awritersruminations)
strange
/strānj/
Adjective
Unusual or surprising in a way that is unsettling or hard to understand.
Not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien: "she found herself in bed in a strange place".
WeHeartItObituary / older
/strānj/
Adjective
Unusual or surprising in a way that is unsettling or hard to understand.
Not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien: "she found herself in bed in a strange place".
WeHeartItObituary / older
Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you, that you be my poem,
I whisper with my lips close to your ear.
I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.
written by Walt Whitman, “To You” (via larmoyante)
I whisper with my lips close to your ear.
I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.
written by Walt Whitman, “To You” (via larmoyante)
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
— Anna Akhmatova, You Will Hear Thunder, trans. D. M. Thomas
My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out, don’t care that they are naked. There is something burning in there.
written by Andrea Gibson (via fleurstains)
written by Andrea Gibson (via fleurstains)
I wish to hold you; then drink stardust and say permanently ‘farewell.’
written by John Keats, Letters Of John Keats (via fleurstains)
written by John Keats, Letters Of John Keats (via fleurstains)
But some people can’t tell where it hurts. They can’t calm down. They can’t ever stop howling.
written by Margaret Atwood (via armsoreal)
written by Margaret Atwood (via armsoreal)
But I do adore you — every part of you from heel to hair. Never will you shake me off, try as you may.
written by Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West dated May 1928 (via violentwavesofemotion)
written by Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West dated May 1928 (via violentwavesofemotion)
To be flung into the sea, to be washed hither and thither, and driven about the roots of the world — the idea was incoherently delightful.
written by Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (via light-essence)
written by Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (via light-essence)