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A doctor once told me I feel too much. I said, so does god. That's why you can see the grand canyon from the moon. We are a telescope, a riverbed, empty lockets melting into gold. We are hearts breaking bread. Fold me in the napkin poem. Pull tinsel from my hair, from all the past I cannot let go. My bones know the song of our tears, dripping from the faucet, ticking like a metronome. I know there is better music, even in this cabin full of fever. Tonight I'm catching nothing but the lightning bug. My body is a mason jar, transparent as a jellyfish. I wish for a heart you can see straight through, for a voice that glows in the dark, and a few really good friends to skip moon rocks to.
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Anonymous: What do you look for in blogs to follow?

This was surprisingly difficult to answer, so I apologize for the delay. 

I like blogs that make me feel and make me think. I like my dash to feel like a museum: interesting things to see and consider. It might be a blog full of nature photographs, or a blog that posts literature quotes, or a blog that posts photos interesting architecture that makes me want to travel the world, or a creative writing blog, or a blog that introduces me to new music, or a blog that posts about social justice causes. Tumblr is my escape when I want more: more beauty, more reading, more thinking, more art, more creativity, more music. So I look for places that give me access to more.

I’ll admit (with embarrassment) that I can be very picky about following and I frequently follow only to unfollow a week later when I start seeing patterns of things I don’t like. I don’t like to see lots of posts about follower counts, and I don’t like to see drama and fighting. I won’t follow anyone spouting narrow-minded, intolerant world views. I don’t like stolen or uncredited images. I don’t mind personal posts, and in fact I really enjoy them, but I have a low tolerance for reading melodramatic teenage drama, especially when it’s riddled with “omg.” 




"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."
—Emily Dickinson

(Source: girlwithoutwings)




"Every wall is a door."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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