you areas fleetingly beautifulas a mother’s tearsand a father’s pranksa brother’s bachelorhoodand a best friend’s bad mooda bride’s glittering jittersand a handsome stranger’s smile.

some winterswill never meltsome summerswill never freezeand some things will only... live in poems.

...so i will greet youin a wayall loved thingsare meant to be greetedwith a tear in my heartand a poem in my eye.

there are some poemsthat we leave behindsome that leave us behindwhile some just livesilentlyin the heartcrumble, sometimesdwindledisappeardieand are rebornwhen you smile again.

it was the kind of moonthat I would want to send back to my ancestorsand gift to my descendantsso they know that I too, have been bruised...by beauty.

because some thingssometimesaren't ours to hold, but just beautiful to listen to.

i'm glad to be alive in a world wherehis gently awakening eyesnourish the morning sun.

and the afterglow...of your gaze...is the onlysweater that I need.

there is some achingthat will only heal...in the mosque of sleep.

i want to stay curled and cosiedand chocolated....foreverin my mother’s arms.

leave me some musicthat’s chocolate for the heart.

You can never let your compassion stand in the way of justice because when you do, other people get hurt.

Expectations are resentments under construction.

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

I have two roommates, so it's a challenge to keep the house the way I like.

Life is a process of evolution and anyone who thinks the current world order is OK does not get what evolution is all about.

I think from an artist's point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material.

I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an effective use of time.

I think we are all overcoming tiny obstacles every second of every day even if that means just a small shift in perspective.

It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.

Never do anything yourself that you can hire someone else to do, especially if they can do it better.