I AM THAT MONSTER - L's Speech - Death Note If I were to encounter such a monster, I would likely be eaten by it, because in truth I am that monster. Oh L.
Invictus - W. E. Henley It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
Rilke Rainer Maria: The Panther poem as read by Robin Williams in the movie Awakenings His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world. As he paces in cramped circles, over and over, the movement of his...See More »
All the Earth is a Grave – King Nezahualcoyotl (Ancient Aztec Poem) Filled are the bowels of the earth with pestilential dust once flesh and bone, once animate bodies of man who sat upon thrones, presided in council, commanded armies, possessed treasure, destroyed temples, exulted in their pride, majesty, fortune,...See More »
I'm Nobody - Who Are you?" by Emily Dickinson I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one's name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog! 🤗...See More »
Rise Up – Rumi Do not sell yourself short, For you are priceless. Part the waters with your staff – you are today's Moses. Tear through the cloak of fog! You are of the light, the same light as Mohammad. Shatter the mirrors of the beautiful, you are the dazzling...See More »
"Mother" - A Visual Poem by Whitney Tai I imagine her kindness as fluid as the sea as patient as the moon Lifting us up as we’re tearing her down Reviving our breath as we poison her mouth No one feels anything But she feels everything, as I wipe her steadfast tears
Do Not Love Half Lovers – Khalil Gibran (Powerful Life Poetry) “Do not love half lovers Do not entertain half friends Do not indulge in works of the half talented Do not live half a life and do not die a half death If you choose silence, then be silent When you speak, do so until you are finished Do not...See More »
Defeat - Kahlil Gibran Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness; You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs, And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory. Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance, Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of...See More »