I would give anything to sing like Beyonce or Adele. I've said many times to my friends that if I could sing like them, I would give up poetry and writing.

he placed his handson my mindbefore reachingfor my waistmy hipsor my lipshe didn't call mebeautiful firsthe called meexquisite - how he touches me

stayi whisperedas youshut the door behind you

I will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you-the difference

despite knowingthey won’t be here for longthey still choose to livetheir brightest lives- sunflowers

a lot of timeswe are angry at other peoplefor not doing whatwe should have done for ourselves- responsibility

I will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you

isn't it such a tragic thing when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn't

i am not a hotel room. i am homei am not the whiskey you wanti am the water you needdon't come here with expectationsand try to make a vacation out of me

i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away

for you to see beauty heredoes not meanthere is beauty in meit means there is beauty rootedso deep within youyou can’t help butsee it everywhere

Life experiences shared with a friend will turn into memories to be enjoyed.

A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience.

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

It might sound silly to some people, but if anybody wants to spend time to go out and glide on waves, it just feels like they have an appreciation for the joy of life and must be an okay person.

So let me be thy choir, and make a moan Upon the midnight hours.

I wish I had a little more joy of cooking - because mostly I have anxiety of cooking. I'm so proud when things come out well.

Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road

The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.

No generation has had the opportunity, as we now have, to build a global economy that leaves no-one behind. It is a wonderful opportunity, but also a profound responsibility.