War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
Tags: me, myself, happiness, positive
I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry periodical, and as a teenager I was introduced to Denise Levertov, who was an influence.
Tags: influence, parents, poetry, love
I'll be inside the one who holds you. And then I won't be.
Tags: love, inspiration
They knew, though, she would not suffer as they had suffered. She was perfect. They were scarred.
Tags: suffering, hope, beauty
It was always a relief when she came home to him. Like water or food. Like music or that moment when you cut yourself with a knife and squeeze the skin and no blood oozes out.
Tags: love, happiness
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