I miss you in the quiet hours, when the world has gone to sleep, when memories slip through my fingers and settle somewhere deep. I still find you in little things— in songs we used to hear, in the warmth of an empty chair, in every voice I wish was near. I loved you in the crowded days, I love you in the blue, and somehow every road I take still leads me back to you. If distance had a language, I think it would say your name. If missing you were a fire, I'd burn inside the flame. Maybe love doesn't disappear when someone walks away. Maybe it simply learns to live in the places where they stay. So if you ever wonder whether I still think of you— look up at the evening sky; I'm probably looking there too.
I left my dreams beneath the tree, where silver shadows crossed the ground, and whispered all the things to me that no one else had ever found. The moon was hanging low that night, a quiet lantern in the blue, and every star became a light that somehow led me back to you. I walked along the empty road, with yesterday beneath my feet, carrying every hidden word I was too afraid to speak. Then morning slowly touched the sky, and painted gold across the gray. I watched the darkness fade and die, but somehow wished that it could stay. Because some nights are meant to remain, like little scars we never hide— and some memories bloom after rain, still glowing softly from inside.
Above the sleeping rooftops, the moon climbed through the blue, carrying a silver lantern for the hearts that wandered too. Beneath an old and quiet tree, I watched her cross the sky, while every little star around her looked like a whispered sigh. She painted roads with moonlight, across the empty ground, turning every lonely shadow into something safe and sound. I told her all my secrets, the ones I couldn't say, and she listened without speaking, then slowly drifted away. But when the morning found me, her light was almost gone— still, somewhere past the fading dark, I knew she'd carry on. And when the night returned again, she rose above my door, as if to say, I'm still here, just like I'd hoped before.
Above the sleeping rooftops, the moon climbed through the blue, carrying a silver lantern for the hearts that wandered too. Beneath an old and quiet tree, I watched her cross the sky, while every little star around her looked like a whispered sigh. She painted roads with moonlight, across the empty ground, turning every lonely shadow into something safe and sound. I told her all my secrets, the ones I couldn't say, and she listened without speaking, then slowly drifted away. But when the morning found me, her light was almost gone— still, somewhere past the fading dark, I knew she'd carry on. And when the night returned again, she rose above my door, as if to say, I'm still here, just like I'd hoped before.
Read, sweet, how others strove, Till we are stouter; What they renounced, Till we are less afraid; How many times they bore The faithful witness, Till we are helped, As if a kingdom cared! Read then of faith That shone above the fagot; Clear strains of hymn The river could not drown; Brave names of men And celestial women, Passed out of record Into renown!
Zut! it's two o'clock. See! the lights are jumping. Finish up your bock, Time we all were humping. Waiters stack the chairs, Pile them on the tables; Let us to our lairs Underneath the gables. Up the old Boul' Mich' Climb with steps erratic. Steady . . . how I wish I was in my attic! Full am I with cheer; In my heart the joy stirs; Couldn't be the beer, Must have been the oysters. In obscene array Garbage cans spill over; How I wish that they Smelled as sweet as clover! Charing women wait; Cafes drop their shutters; Rats perambulate Up and down the gutters. Down the darkened street Market carts are creeping; Horse with wary feet, Red-faced driver sleeping. Loads of vivid greens, Carrots, leeks, potatoes, Cabbages and beans, Turnips and tomatoes. Pair of dapper chaps, Cigarettes and sashes, Stare at me, perhaps Desperate Apachès. "Needn't bother me, Jolly well you know it; Parceque je suis Quartier Latin poète. "Give you villanelles, Madrigals and lyrics; Ballades and rondels, Odes and panegyrics. Poet pinched and poor, Pricked by cold and hunger; Trouble's troubadour, Misery's balladmonger." Think how queer it is! Every move I'm making, Cosmic gravity's Center I am shaking; Oh, how droll to feel (As I now am feeling), Even as I reel, All the world is reeling. Reeling too the stars, Neptune and Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, Mercury and Venus; Suns and moons with me, As I'm homeward straying, All in sympathy Swaying, swaying, swaying. Lord! I've got a head. Well, it's not surprising. I must gain my bed Ere the sun be rising; When the merry lark In the sky is soaring, I'll refuse to hark, I'll be snoring, snoring. Strike a sulphur match . . . Ha! at last my garret. Fumble at the latch, Close the door and bar it. Bed, you graciously Wait, despite my scorning . . . So, bibaciously Mad old world, good morning.
Oh, dere 's lots o' keer an' trouble In dis world to swaller down; An' ol' Sorrer 's purty lively In her way o' gittin' roun'. Yet dere's times when I furgit em,-- Aches an' pains an' troubles all,-- An' it's when I tek at ebenin' My ol' banjo f'om de wall. 'Bout de time dat night is fallin' An' my daily wu'k is done, An' above de shady hilltops I kin see de settin' sun; When de quiet, restful shadders Is beginnin' jes' to fall,-- Den I take de little banjo F'om its place upon de wall. Den my fam'ly gadders roun' me In de fadin' o' de light, Ez I strike de strings to try 'em Ef dey all is tuned er-right. An' it seems we 're so nigh heaben We kin hyeah de angels sing When de music o' dat banjo Sets my cabin all er-ring. An' my wife an' all de othahs,-- Male an' female, small an' big,-- Even up to gray-haired granny, Seem jes' boun' to do a jig; 'Twell I change de style o' music, Change de movement an' de time, An' de ringin' little banjo Plays an ol' hea't-feelin' hime. An' somehow my th'oat gits choky, An' a lump keeps tryin' to rise Lak it wan'ed to ketch de water Dat was flowin' to my eyes; An' I feel dat I could sorter Knock de socks clean off o' sin Ez I hyeah my po' ol' granny Wif huh tremblin' voice jine in. Den we all th'ow in our voices Fu' to he'p de chune out too, Lak a big camp-meetin' choiry Tryin' to sing a mou'nah th'oo. An' our th'oahts let out de music, Sweet an' solemn, loud an' free, 'Twell de raftahs o' my cabin Echo wif de melody. Oh, de music o' de banjo, Quick an' deb'lish, solemn, slow, Is de greates' joy an' solace Dat a weary slave kin know! So jes' let me hyeah it ringin', Dough de chune be po' an' rough, It's a pleasure; an' de pleasures O' dis life is few enough. Now, de blessed little angels Up in heaben, we are told, Don't do nothin' all dere lifetime 'Ceptin' play on ha'ps o' gold. Now I think heaben 'd be mo' homelike Ef we 'd hyeah some music fall F'om a real ol'-fashioned banjo, Like dat one upon de wall.
A girl i saw her today at a bus stop, I just see her face she was young, her eyes have beautiful dreams .. It seems as though she wanted to tell everyone thing but she didn't know her eyes beautiful expressions told everything about her past and dreams .. I want to talk her but there is some thoughts stop me. She is so much beautiful with her eyes .
Be a light in someone’s darkness Be their lion when they are afraid Be their butterfly when they lose their wings Be their blanket when they feel frozen in time Be their lantern when they can’t see the way Be their power when they just have a flicker Be their rainbow in their darkest storm Be their roots when they have lost their footing Be their truth when they are wrapped in lies Be their starlight in their eclipse Be, above all else, their confidante , their ally by Alison Johnstone
Stardust is the light of the World Existing in truth in a beautiful swirl It lives in us from the first star’s presence We have the strength of its true essence Our gifts will shine from the highest tower Blessing the World with our magic and power
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