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Grief

I walk ahead silently;

I can hear my shoes;

Clicking as they reach the ground.

Click clack,

Click clack.

I suppose I should be crying

I swear to you I'm trying

But my eyes are fully dry.

There's too much inside of me

But not enough to come out.

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”

— William G.T. Shedd

letters to milena by franz kafka // camouflage by ron hicks // the golden notebook by doris lessing // ? // a letter to galatea kazantzaki by nikos kazantzakis

—Chris Mc Geown

স্বপ্নের দীপ্তি ছুড়ে ফেলতে হলো গাঙে

ডুবে যায় ঊষার সাথে সূর্য-শুকতারা

নিভে যায় সব আলো, জোনাকি-চন্দ্র-তারা।

/

Dreams' lamp made to be thrown in the sea,

To drown with the dawn, sun and Venus

To dim with the light of the fireflies, moon and stars.

Aphrodite of Bengal

হে দেবী, বিজয়া কল্যানি, মধুর আখিয়া

দিয়া চাইও, মরুভূমির সে ঠায়ের থেকে।

বঙ্গ জুরিয়া না, জনাকি উজ্জ্বল কীরণ

দিব আর্তির ঠালোয়ে। বিধাতা নয়নি,

বিজয়া কল্যানি, প্রসাদ এ লয়ো নিয়ে॥

— "বিজয়া" (২০২১)

1. // 2. Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart // 3. Simone Weil, An Anthology of Selected Writings // 4. // 5. Czesław Miłosz, from “The Song.” // 6. L’Amica Geniale, Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay // 7. Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 // 8. Third Eye - Florence + The Machine, art by @sunsbleeding // 9. Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1964 // 10. Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays

There was only void, and how are you supposed to give form to something that doesn’t exist?

― Haruki Murakami

“It’s not insane to imagine that sometimes even horrible people are searching for a way out of their own darkness.”

— Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me (via thebookquotes)