Layli Ericks

“I sit before flowers
hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up

I stand on mountain tops believing
that avalanches will teach me to let go

I know
nothing

but I am here to learn.”
― Shane Koyczan

“I don't want to turn any of this into poetry / but / you're so beautiful / flowers turn their heads to smell you”
― Shane Koyczan, Visiting Hours

“I've been told
that people in the army
do more by 7:00 am
than I do
in an entire day

But if I wake
at 6:59 am
and turn to you
to trace the outline of your lips
with mine
I will have done enough
and killed no one
in the process.”
― Shane Koyczan

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums