Kelly

“The poet dreams of the mountain

Sometimes I grow weary of the days, with all their fits and starts.
I want to climb some old gray mountains, slowly, taking
The rest of my lifetime to do it, resting often, sleeping
Under the pines or, above them, on the unclothed rocks.
I want to see how many stars are still in the sky
That we have smothered for years now, a century at least.
I want to look back at everything, forgiving it all,
And peaceful, knowing the last thing there is to know.
All that urgency! Not what the earth is about!
How silent the trees, their poetry being of themselves only.
I want to take slow steps, and think appropriate thoughts.
In ten thousand years, maybe, a piece of the mountain will fall.”
― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems

“If you aren't outraged, then you just aren't paying attention”
― Lisa Borden, The Alphabet of Avoidance: Simple solutions to immediately replace ‘bad’ habits with something better...or even, nothing at all.

“Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
― Maya Angelou

“Terrorism will never cease in a country where the so-called leaders are criminals and terrorists in disguise.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson