I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons
Saul Williams
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That's another kind of... ANNE SEXTON Every morning before the birds start trilling me their stories, I give birth to a new... MUNIA KHAN MOTHER IS WATER I wish I could Shower your head with flowers And anoint your fe... SUZY KASSEM I once was a stranger to grace and to God, I knew not my danger, and felt not my load; Tho... ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYNE Another page turns on the calendar, April now, not March. ......... I am spinn... LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON Drift me away along with the dust traveling to infinity. To another world where it feels more a... SALINA KHAN I Love Loving You You are my favorite song; a rhythm of beauty that captures my spirit. STEVE MARABOLI It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to... ROMAN PAYNE It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to... ROMAN PAYNE Ego Tripping I was born in the congo I walked to the fertile crescent and bui... NIKKI GIOVANNI I call you my soulmate because I lost myself in you and then found myself through you. <... KAMAND KOJOURI When Death Comes When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when... MARY OLIVER Are you, are you Coming to the tree They strung up a man They say who murdered thr... SUZANNE COLLINS The Gentle Gardener I'd like to leave but daffodils to mark my little way, To leave ... EDGAR A. GUEST Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled wit... ELLEN HOPKINS I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by an... OMAR KHAYYáM I am not a Sunday morning inside four walls with clean blood and organized drawers. I... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Why do I read? I just can't help myself. I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and ... GARY PAULSEN COMING FORTH INTO THE LIGHT I was born the day I thought: What is? What wa... SUZY KASSEM Because men are killing the forests the fairy tales are running away. The spindle doe... 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