“It is by loving and by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.”
– George McDonald
“It is by loving and by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.”
– George McDonald
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
– Mary Oliver
Attempted Love
Silence of past, whispers of present
A numb agony of eternity
Smiles and ripples of pain
Lost and found again
Wearing mask of a saint
Redemption is for you!!
Broken hearts, healed wounds
An ailing ecstasy
Gazing through yesterday
Picking broken pieces
Faint smile, open palm
Forgiveness is all mine!!
Fragrance and passion lingers
Time and pain passes
Cold waves of remorse
Caught in a vanity fair
Giving in and giving up
Lights dying out fast
And yet love still remains!!
-Valentina Laitonjam, Elegantly urs!!, Blog, April 20 2012
“What thou lovest well remains,
the rest is dross
What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage”
– Ezra Pound, The Pisan Cantos
“Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.”
– Dylan Thomas
“it is
forbidden to love where we are not loved”
– Sharon Olds, Stag’s Leap: Poems