"love has no other desire but to fulfill itself
but if your love and must needs have desires,
let these be your desires:
to melt and be like a running brook
that sings its melody to the night.
to know the pain of too much tenderness.
to be wounded by your own understanding of love;
and to bleed willingly and joyfully.
to wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving;
to rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstacy;
to return home at eventide with gratitude;
and then to sleep with a prayer
for the beloved in your heart
and a song of praise upon your lips."
- kahlil gibran: let these be your desires
i am much more comfortable with deciding than considering. as a result, prolonged personal reflection is difficult sometimes. but following an unwise course of action? that's like home to me.
"and if you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born
then it's time to go
and define your destination - there's so many different places to call home
because when you find yourself the villain in the story you have written
it's plain to see
that sometimes the best intentions are in need of redemptions - would you agree?
if so, please show me"
- death cab for cutie: you are a tourist
"well, i've got no one's word and nobody's promise
not a lot to show but this book full of sonnets
and my liver may be fucked by my heart is honest"
- passenger: things that stop you dreaming
lord jesus christ, son of god, have mercy on me - a sinner.