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All finished for now....

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Beginning of a portrait I painted...

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I was going to delete my tumblr today because i haven't logged in for months and I rarely have the time anymore....But then I logged in and saw everyone's awesome posts and I remembered why i love this! I get to read people's beautiful poetry, enjoy artwork, feast on the visually stunning photos you all sometimes post-pretty much I can see the Art of Life through what People share....Darn you tumblrers got me sucked in again LoL. I will make time when I can just to see what you all share <3 Peace N everyone have a peaceful night....

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15 amazing things in nature you won’t believe actually exist

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Whom we love most, to them we can say least. -English Proverb

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My first love was a sweet boy

the second; I couldn’t end up with and I broke his heart

the third— ripped me into shreds and promised to stay. he did and I left

the fourth — I hope he is my last

And he might be for I will probably die before I get over him

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On Love When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to purity. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart. But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.” And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

Khalil Gibran - the Prophet (via todemandlove)

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The calm after the storm....so beautiful(:

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"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven. When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow, that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight…."

Khalil Gibran

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Time to save the world Where in the world is all the time So many things I still don’t know So many times I’ve changed my mind Guess I was born to make mistakes But I ain’t scared to take the weight So when I stumble off the path I know my heart will guide me back…. -Badu

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I never was a man of God, it was never meant to be. I was indoctrinated at an early age, my parents were Methodist, simply because the rest of my family was. Even now, when I ask them why they raised me as a Methodists they tell me, “Everyone else in the family was, it just made sense.” I was...

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What It Will Be: Code of the Rainbow

You are no longer the goal But the inspiration in which I use To search the goal.

Moving forward in my path Steady in my actions, and Honest in my heart.

No love lost, where there was No love counted.

-K.E.M

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Dear Cigarettes, I can feel you every single time I inhale.

You are in my lungs, always, eating me away from the inside out like a cancer I have been developing ever since we first kissed.

Most of the time, you make me forget to exhale, make me stay awake at night, wondering if I’ll ever breathe...

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People are always looking for something. I see it around every corner. They seek compliments or confidence, money or a better opportunity, love or just a better fuck. Some people are just looking for a way out of their shitty circumstances, others are looking for a cute little handbag or a more...