Kelsi

“A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.”
― James Dickey

“In the end there won't even be a story to tell. A woman will give birth to her baby, and she will whisper, "Look. Look at our world. Isn't it beautiful?"

And we will be their ghosts.”
― Mikaela Everett, The Unquiet

“You hardly see me in the sun,
My sparkle's in the stars.
When all is dark around you,
I'm the memory of light.

I'm not the fruit of summer.
I'm not the blooming rose.
I live in roots of trees
And in the seeds of love.

When all is lost around you,
When life's last dream is gone,
I'll be the breath you breathe,
The next step that you take.”
― Francisco X. Stork, The Memory of Light

“You're just smelling for smoke
so you can follow the trail
back to a burning house,
so you can find the boy
who lost everything in the fire
to see if you can save him.

Or else--

find the boy
who lit the fire
in the first place,
to see if you
can change him.”
― Sarah Kay, B