February 2012
77 posts
Pain and strength are one in the same. One born out of the other, one given life...
– april may b.
I am sending you
postcards from a place
where i am not.
We’re not tourists,...
– Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky. (via abreathofdesperation)
My skin is kind of sort of brownish pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish...
– Shel Silverstein - Where the Sidewalk Ends (via shinytumbles)
My heart, my heart
a precious thing,
my God, a fragile piece of me
...
– My God My Heart - april may b. (featured on madewomanmag.com)
Slow Repair
thissilentstorm:
You’ve healed my broken heart but be patient as I heal no longer torn apart I must learn again to feel. The cold and hollow place that has grown inside of me in time love will replace with warmth and security.
You told me you believe I saw it from the start I promise you’ll receive my newly mended heart.
Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start...
– Mary Pickford (via kari-shma)
I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast....
– Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (via bookmania)
My God My Heart →
An april may b. piece featured on @madewomanmag #30DaysofMade
Love & freedom both require risk.
– Jason Kiddard
When Paul wrote in Philippians to press on for an upward prize, he was living...
– Jeremy Lin (via ajstorytellers)
Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up....
– Charles “Tremendous” Jones (via pearlfectchassi)
Do you really love me? means, Will you accept me in process? Will you embrace...
– Angela Thomas (via newanddifferentsun)
Yes.
(via soaringaboveitall)
On February 14, 2012, the definition of Love, for me, forever became synonymous...
– april may b.
Love poem from Shakespeare's Love Sonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within...
I hope you find love,
I’d love for you to,
I want love for you
as much as...
– sending love in the hopes - april may b.
dream hampton: Jagged Edges →
dreamhampton1:
Jagged Edges, Essence, 2001
dream hampton
My love for him is wide. My soul reached out and chose him. It holds on even when I want to be free. When we come together, it is all the things I’m told are dangerous to seek. It’s perfect. Every moment is a dream. It transcends…
occasionally pensive: 1 Corinthians 13 →
pearlfectchassi:
ipreacherdotty:
Valentine’s Day is a day of love, For showing that we care, And if we read the Bible, God describes love there:
If we speak like celestial angels From heaven up above, All our words mean nothing If we don’t have Christian love.
Love is patient, love is kind; It doesn’t brag or boast; Love conquers pride and envy; It is never self-engrossed.
Love is not...
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because...
– H. Jackson Browne (via kari-shma)
I have three treasures,
Which I guard and keep.
The first is compassion.
The...
– Lao-tse