Please tell me I'm worth being loved
as much as I love others.
Tell me I deserve to be treated better than what I settle for.
That these tears to will fade like the heartache I once more bare across my face.
I am so tired...tired of losing this game called "love" and being cheated out of my kindness.

You're not in my dreams anymore, as though you've faded to the darker corners of my mind.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender

be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly;

and listen to others,

even the dull and the ignorant;

they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,

they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble

it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs;

for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;

many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love;

for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment

it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,

no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you,

no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,

whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations,

in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,

it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.


- Max Ehrmann

Intertwined lovers
hands discovering new skins
lips locked and hazed eyes

Your eyes never seem to leave mine.
But how could I not stare at the flowing Carmel that runs through them.

Oh, how you make me feel...soft.
Like a single blade of grass, galantly dancing in the wind without a care in the world.

Just dancing, freely.
I'd dance my nights away with you if it meant I could spend the mornings wrapped in your arms, gazing at Carmel hazed eyes.