"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget."
"I’ve always wanted to write a poem about the silence
that hums between us when we kiss.
But my heart is already beating too loud
and the rain is falling
and smudging all the words."
