redlipstickresurrected: Sarah Yeoman (American, b. Lawrenceville, NJ, USA) – Totem, 2014  Paintings: Watercolors on Canvas Source: sarahyeoman.com

violentwavesofemotion: ​“I want to be bruised by God. I want to be strung up in a strong light and singled out. I want to be stretched, like music wrung from a dropped seed. I want to be entered and picked clean.” Charles Wright, from “Clear Night,” written c. 1983

Such a hole within, an inky stain that sings to Us. What horrors you have been subjected to, what pain. Your dreams taste of sorrows and hopes entwined together like string. What would happen if one were to be pulled from the other? What would happen if you were lose that hope? Come to Us, little lamb, and you will never need to know. Let Us save them from the storm. Let Us show you what can fill the void that lingers. We would Weep to see you swept away with the tide.

Such a hole within, an inky stain that sings to Us. The tome hit the floor with a thud more felt than heard in the quiet of the library. Candles flickered on the low table from the displacement of air. It was past midnight and Raphael had been deep into his research when he heard […]

terpsikeraunos: ancient greek word of the day: μελίγλωσσος (meliglōssos), honey-tongued

lifeinpoetry: a flash of light as violence. light be                 sinister. light stings. — Jasmine Sierra, from “your name again,” Paradox