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I'm your favourite girl.

'Lay me down tonight,
in my linen and curls.
Tell me something like,
I'm your favourite girl.'

'You are more than simply a physical presence on this earth.
You are comprised of the ocean, the air, the sand, the stars.
Be unafraid of what the future holds for you,
for your greatness is too vast to touch.
You are one with Me.'

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philosophy

phi·los·o·phy

fəˈläsəfē/

noun

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

- a particular system of philosophical thought.

plural noun: philosophies

- the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience.

"the philosophy of metaphysics"

synonyms: thinking, thought, reasoning

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fearless like you

afternoon

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There doesn't exist a language for the ways that I feel.

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“You are a dream;
I hope I never meet you.”
— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals

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“A dream, like trying

to remember, breaks open words

for other,

hidden meanings.”

— Rosmarie Waldrop, excerpt from ‘The Ambition of Ghosts, I. Remembering into Sleep’

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My mother told me there would be days like this.

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My mother told me there would be days like this.

Days when, no matter how sure of yourself you are or have been, the doubt creeps up on you. This doubt, this dark force, causes you to feel inadequate in the most unsettling ways. You wonder if you have come this far just to liquify and evaporate, crashing in your entirety on the shore under your feet. The ebb and flow of the waves will consume you out to sea. Significant and insignificant all at once. A piece of a whole. You wish, you wonder.

You may feel completely alone. Maybe you have always felt completely alone. You may think that you are not worth it. You may believe that you will never find what you are looking for.

I promise you that you will find it, but more often than not, this takes time. And it is the waiting that is heartbreaking, because you may feel that everyone has forgotten about you in the meantime.

And then you might remember that the dark days are what you make of them, and there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes this light appears in places or in faces where you would least expect it.

To those who are feeling lost today (and this is every bit for me as it is for you)… Hang in there, remember to remember that this world is for you. You are very Lucky. Even if you don’t see it right now. Even on your darkest days.

With my heart,
Leanna

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dahlias & roses

'I want to gather the rubies that burst from
the things you touch;
collect every artifact & label it miracle.'

--excerpt from 'Velvet' by Leah Noble Davidson

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this is the end,

beautiful friend.

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Providence.

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”

― William Hutchison Murray

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resolution

My happy birthday resolution is to discover my destiny through my passion, in words and thoughts and pictures; to avoid being so hard on myself by living presently; and to continue to derive happiness from the small pleasures of life... Including relishing every moonrise, and the way the stars seem to twinkle when he whispers my name.

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'i got my own world to look through.'

if the sun refuse to shine,

i don't mind, i don't mind.

if the mountains fell in the sea,

let it be, it ain't me.

alright, 'cos i got my own world to look through,

and i ain't gonna copy you.

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happy

insomnia, etc.

Up for two hours now...
Searching for poetry that makes me feel something ; searching for poetry that moves me in a specific way.
I never meant to be a heartbreaker.

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heaven

heav·en

ˈhevən/

noun

a place regarded in various religions as the abode of the gods and the angels, and of the good after death, often traditionally depicted as being above the sky.

also:

paradise, nirvana, zion;

the hereafter, the next world, the next life, elysium, the elysian fields, valhalla;

literary: the empyrean

"the good will have a place in heaven"
the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated.

"galileo used a telescope to observe the heavens"

also:

the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere, space;

literary: the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wild/wide) blue yonder, the welkin, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial sphere

"she observed the heavens"

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"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing."

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are you

are

you

alone

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I saw myself seeing myself

"I saw myself seeing myself, sinuous,
and
from gaze to gaze gilded my
innermost forests."
--Paul Valéry, from La Jeune Parque

Capture by Anna Demarco
featuring Miss Leanna Banana
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Ultimate wisdom comes from within.

"Through experience comes wisdom and
from wisdom emerges vision"

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'...as we travel the Universe.'

we sail through endless skies
stars shine like eyes
the black night sighs
the moon in silver trees
falls down in tears
light of the night
the earth, a purple blaze
of sapphire haze
in orbit always

while down below the trees
bathed in cool breeze
silver starlight breaks down the night
and so we pass on by the crimson eye
of great god mars
as we travel the universe

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far away places

Today I am grateful for family.
Today I am grateful for new experiences
in far away places.

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all that we see or seem.

"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist.

All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream."

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July Thunder Moon: Tempest beginnings, Calm within.

The July full moon is known as the Thunder Moon due to thundershowers that are often prevalent during the balmy summer months. Also known as the Hay Moon, it is a time of growth and bounty for all.

This is a time for the flowering of personal and professional desires in your life. The change that is essential for your growth and development is right in front of you. Some of these changes may feel sudden, but rest assured the seeds have been planted for a long time now. It is your responsibility to look outside of yourself to ensure that these desires are in accordance with your own truest happiness. This decision belongs to only you and nobody else. The power is within you to listen to your heart.

You are not the same as you were last year, you are coming to light as an entirely different being. New powers want to emerge within you. Channel your nervous energy into creative workings. Be on the lookout for something that brings you calm and clarity amidst the storm. The thunder moon may startle us with its clap and clatter, but don't panic! Illuminations are soon to arrive, like the downpour of rejuvenating rain. Drink up the inspiration like a flower. You are on your way to new beginnings. Know beyond a doubt that all the answers you seek are within.

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I'll meet you again outside of myself.

"Spirits and demons are only projections of man's own emotional impulses.
He turns his emotional cathexes into persons, he peoples the world with them
and meets his internal mental processes again outside himself."

--Sigmund Freud, Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics

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intuit

Skulk by M. Lewandowski

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levitation

Dark
with
something
more
than
night.

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