It is untruethat bravery can be measuredby a lack of fear.It takes guts to tremble.It takes tremble to love.

I know there are things I haven't survived I know there are people in this world who have had to work really hard to survive me, I don't ever want to take that lightly But I want the heavy to anchor me brave, to anchor me loving, to anchor me in something that will absolutely hold me to my word When I tell Cupid I intend to keep walking out to the tip of his arrow,to bend it back towards myself,to aim for my goodness; 'til the muscle in my chest tears from the stretch of becoming.

Something difficult to stomach in this life is the fact that we might all learn and grow at a pace that will hurt people

Do you know they found land mines in woman's souls.

Rocking ChairSad is. Scared is. That is all. The rocking chair I live in rocks like a paper boat. Sometimes I am all words, and no boot. No muster. No yes. All lag and tired pray, all miss my hometown. Miss the woods and the quiet porch and the talking slow. I caught the snow on my tongue. Snow angel, I. My heart a blue lamp. My mother calling me home. We cannot be called home enough times in our lives. Dear lonely, what is your name? I will open my front door and ring it through the streets.

I thought, "The flowers, save the flowers..."I never thought for a secondwe wouldn't save the people