Category: self-knowledge
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The Ocean Wants Me
Treading waterI can’t see the lightCan’t find the bottomI’m losing the fight Dark sky aboveCold water aroundPieces of my broken pastScattered where they’re found Lord can you help meI’ve tried my bestBeen treading for so longNow I just want to rest The ship of faithhit rocks and sankswallowed by the seaA distant memory Savior can […]
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Breathing In and Out
There were things about himThat I breathed in And things that I breathed out There were thingsAbout him I could seeAnd things that I could do without After he leftthere were so many waysI found myselfdoing the things I loved most in him Learning thatWhateverI had seen in him Had been in me All along
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You Sought A Woman, You Found a Soul
Edith Södergran: The Day Turns Cool I.The day turns cool towards evening…Drink the warmth of my hand,my hand has the warm blood of springtime.Take my hand, take my white arm,take the longing of my shoulders…Wondrous to feel,one sole night, a night like this,your heavy head on my breast. II.You threw the red rose of your […]