May 2011
1 post
“I will make sure to keep my distance;
Say I love you when you’re not...”
– Distance - Christina Perri
February 2011
2 posts
“A lifetime can well be spent correcting and improving one’s own faults without...”
– Edward Weston, Daybooks, February 4, 1928 (via)
The Distance to Me
You’ve got a bad case of being over there. The only cure is being over here.
via I Wrote This For You
January 2011
4 posts
“I can’t really say
Why everybody wishes they were somewhere else
But in...”
– The Weepies - Can’t Go Back Now
The Skin I'm In
This is my skin. It keeps out the rain and words I’d rather not hear like “I’m tired” or “I’m fine” or “We need to talk.” This is my skin and it’s thick. This is not your skin. Yet you are still under it. I Wrote This For You
The Flight of Librarians
There’s a library, it’s true. It’s written by me, and it’s all about you. It’s here for one more year. It’s full of love. It’s full of fear. via I Wrote This For You
September 2010
4 posts
The Lies Are 20 Stories High
Life is just the novel you write on your coffee break. And your novel is just a collection of lies you’d like to remember. And all that you remember, is the distance from here, to then. via I Wrote This For You
Lesson learned.
Who would have thought Angela would be my...
Phyllis: I want to understand what you’re saying, but it’s difficult for me when you use that tone. Angela:
Phyllis, these are spoons. Spoons have rounded tops and are used to scoop things. What we need are forks, which have prongs or tiny spears on top. And we need knives, which have blades. Do you understand me now?
Phyllis:
Yes.
Angela:
Goody.
Season...
The Road Map Back
I missed you more than words and pictures can describe. But I’ll try.
via I Wrote This For You
August 2010
1 post
“If stars don’t align -
If it doesn’t stop time -
If you...”
– Katy Perry - Not Like the Movies
July 2010
3 posts
The Distance From Here To Autumn
I wondered if every road was connected to every other road. I wondered if I touched it, if maybe somewhere, you would know.
I Wrote This For You
The Fragile Arc
It may have just been a moment to you, but it changed every single one that followed for me.
I Wrote This For You
The Fire at Sea
When the tide goes out for the last time, all the shipwrecks will be waiting for us and the bones of the earth will shine bright white in the sun. When the tide goes out for the last time, I’ll meet you by the planes that never made it past Bermuda. When the tide goes out for the last time, I swear, we will have nothing left to lose.
via I Wrote This for You
June 2010
2 posts
The Universe is Arrogant
You know that feeling you get when everything goes perfectly, constantly and nothing’s ever wrong with anyone or anything? Me neither.
via I Wrote This For You
The Medicine is the Sickness
If there’s one thing I hate, it’s people who won’t let me in on the freeway. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s having to let people in on the freeway. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s waking up to 50 assholes pretending to be me. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s waking up feeling like an asshole because I yelled at those assholes. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s people who turn the ...
May 2010
5 posts
“take my hand.
i’ll teach you to dance.
i’ll spin you around,...”
– He is We - All About Us
crushes:
to That One,
You are cordially invited to my nap.
Location: my bed Time: right now My secret wish: that I’ll wake up next to you
— this one
The Avoidance of Pain
I would never hurt you. Not even to kiss it better.
via I Wrote This For You
The Theory Is Still Just Theory
And if I blink my eyes enough, maybe I will wake up and you will still be there sleeping next to me.
I Wrote This For You
The Untouchable City
That’s what it feels like when you touch me. Like millions of tiny universes being born and then dying in the space between your finger and my skin. Sometimes I forget.
via I Wrote This For You
April 2010
8 posts
I should probably make better decisions.
The Children of Time
January has issues with her mother, February is always talking about what he wants to do while March does them, April eats sweets and May pays for them, June is the oldest but not the wisest and July always has an opinion on everything. August never stops trying do the right thing, even if he doesn’t always know what that is. September once saw something so sad, she never stopped...
The Air in Space
If you ever forget how to breathe, I can remind you.
via I Wrote This For You
The Promise Sleep Made
Every bed without you in it, is broken.
I Wrote This For You
The Lack of Postcards
I know you’re not here, I can see it in your eyes when we talk. Where ever you are, come back soon.
I Wrote This For You
The Last Days
I just need you to be able to tell people I was here, I felt, I lived and I loved as much as I could, while I could. And that the person that I loved, was you.
I Wrote This For You
“The static waves across the screen
Define this notion
Back and forth and in...”
– Andrew Belle - Static Waves
March 2010
7 posts
“Give me one reason to stay
& I’ll stay.
Give me one reason to leave...”
– Tyrone Wells - Give Me One Reason
The Facts On Stumbling
Here’s to you. Because I’ve never met anyone who makes a better you, than you.
I Wrote This For You
The Person You Are Is Better Than The Ghost You...
If the type of person you wish existed doesn’t, then that is who you must become.
I Wrote This for You
“I got my eyes set on you,
My heart is burning red.
All of my words come out...”
– Pardon Me - He is We
“& how can I stand here with you
& not be moved by you?
Would you tell...”
– Lifehouse - Everything
Nine Things You Can Do Everyday - Even When You...
Every day…
1. Make your bed.
2. Wear sunscreen.
3. Wear your seat belt.
4. Jump up and down a few times.
5. Pick up one object that’s in the wrong place and put it away.
6. Go for a ten-minute walk outside.
7. Eat a fruit or vegetable.
8. Put your keys away in the same place.
9. Touch everyone in your house with affection.
Bonus: 10. Go to sleep as soon as you’re sleepy, if you possibly ...
“Wake up in the morning, it’s not so bad.
I can taste you on my lips, and it...”
– He is We - Pour Me Out
January 2010
3 posts
“But can you feel this magic in the air?
It must have been the way you kissed...”
– Taylor Swift - Today Was a Fairytale
The Bubbles Are Your Friends
And though the waves might bring you down and though the currents might pull you under, the sky is always still right above you. And your friends will show you the way.
via I Wrote This for You
November 2009
2 posts
“Remember all the things we wanted.
Now all our memories, they’re haunted....”
– Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone
October 2009
3 posts
“Riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, in 1920, after marrying Zelda and publishing This Side of Paradise.
The Truth Behind Glass Mountains
This isn’t torture. Torture happens in small, dark rooms in countries with names you struggle to spell. This is just mildly unpleasant. This isn’t heroism. Heroism happens in churches that are also schools, performed by teachers with no names and no place to stay. This is just a good deed for the day. This isn’t loss. Loss happens on fields filled with poppies, in hospitals...
September 2009
7 posts
The Wood In The Trees
You constantly look for a sign and when it’s given to you and you don’t like the answer, you call it a coincidence. There are no coincidences.
via I Wrote This For You
The Corner of Me & You
I don’t know if you felt that or not. But it felt like two people kissing after hours of thinking about it. It felt like two people talking after nights of silence. It felt like two people touching after weeks of being numb. It felt like two people facing each other after months of looking away. It felt like two people in love after years of being alone. And it felt like two people meeting...
The Handled With Care
If you knew how much trouble the universe went to for us to be here, now, standing in front of each other, you’d know we’re going to have to be careful. Plankton and plants and canals, a hundred suns, a thousand sailing ships, ten thousand civilizations, a million, million, million first kisses from all our mothers and fathers. We owe it to them, to be careful.
via I Wrote This For...
“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.”
– Abraham Lincoln (via liveelaughlovee)