139 Quotes About Verse

If I fall from loveAnd I am torn in twoBe gentle with my heartForgive my shadowsI must rest awhileFor my wings to spreadAnd fly back to you

All those who perish in the wrath of God  Here meet together out of every land;And ready are they to pass o'er the river,  Because celestial Justice spurs them on,  So that their fear is turned into desire.This way there never passes a good soul;  And hence if Charon doth complain of thee,  Well mayst thou know now what his speech imports.

I am woven into youYou are woven into meThrough our combined visionWe can see Eternity

I shall love youWith all my loveNot just a portionLove’s vast expanseMoves through meRequiring infinityTo receive itExpand your heartInto the infiniteAnd when thisBody is dust we shallFind each otherAll over again

once ruffle-skirted vanity table where I primped at thirteen, opening drawers to a private chaos of eyeshadows lavender teal sky-blue, swarms of hair pins pony tail fasteners, stashes of powders, colonies of tiny lipsticks (p.39)

There are days I am wholeSome days I feel bruisedA silhouette of verse emergesTo mirror my moodAnd with every wordI undress my soulBaring it to the world

They loved each other, but neither Would venture to speak thereof;They glared at each other like enemiesAnd wanted to die of love.

Even nowwhen I say your nameit leaves my mouthin slow motionlike a winged prayer;A hymn beforethe altar of love.

I writeI breatheWords ebb and flowAn ocean of verseMoves out on the currentTo wash up on the shoreOf your infinite soul