#wisom
My Nan taught me a lot-
but two lessons/phrases were uttered the most.
“Don’t trust men, they only want one thing.”
Problem solved Nanny, I’m as gay as they come
and never gave one man that one thing.
The other thing she’d often tell me was
“We get two gifts in this world; people we love
and sleep to save us from missing them when they’re gone.”
The second lesson I think of often and relate to heavily.
Both were true for my Nan;
she deserved a better life.
Sep 14, 2024
Sep 14, 2024 at 5:56 AM UTC
So, you've been to Venice,
kissed at sunset on the gondolas,
sipped Merlot at
Ristorante Albergaccio.
You're very well-read,
you know Tennyson and Tolstoy,
Fitzgerald and Faulkner
("Always dream..."
tattooed on your rib).
You lived in museums for a year,
you spoke with Van Gogh,
his ear turned toward you as
you crawled among the Irises.
My dear, it is impossible
that you are a realist.
It is impossible that you
speak not of love.
It is impossible
that you have forgotten.
Jun 25, 2019
Jun 25, 2019 at 6:57 AM UTC
Novice, heed my diction—
The learned, the schooled, the politic,
Are but fools with conviction.
Sep 25, 2014
Sep 25, 2014 at 1:55 PM UTC