Heather Linke

“Here's another poem,
like all others before and after,
dedicated to you.
There isn't anything left to be said
but I will spend my life
trying to put you into words.
You who is every goodness,
every optimism
and hope.
Your love is a better fate for me
than anything I could wish for.
If you are a part of me,
then you’re the best part.
And if you're separate from me,
then you are my destination.
But I’ve become a weary traveller,
so please,
let us never be apart.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“All the romantic lore of our culture has told us when we find true love with a partner it will continue. Yet this partnership lasts only if both parties remain committed to being loving. Not everyone can bear the weight of true love. Wounded hearts turn away from love because they do not want to do the work of healing necessary to sustain and nurture love. Many men, especially, often turn away from true love and choose relationships in which they can be emotionally withholding when they feel like it but still receive love from someone else. Ultimately, they choose power over love. To know and keep true love we have to be willing to surrender the will to power.”
― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions

“Two gentle hearts live together
One is yours and another one is also yours
Yes! I have given you mine
For this reason, sometimes
I may seem heartless

From the poem: Arithmetic”
― Munia Khan, To Evince the Blue

“You will come
After the storm
You will lay your head
On my knees
You will come to seek
All I am

And I would breathe you like,
Opening the window,
I was breathing the rain.”
― Emmanuelle Soni-Dessaigne