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Closer
The magpie comes and all I can think is beauty, beauty, though you said it is a junk bird, though its commonness makes most ignore it: the blue bands vibrant against the oil black, the white chest and belly, the glistening eye and its feet like rotted arteries branching off into snow: this is how thin they are in the world, this is how wretched and delicate. And the ugly gurgle at the back of its...
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The Unicorn
The saintly hermit, midway through his prayers stopped suddenly, and raised his eyes to witness the unbelievable: for there before him stood the legendary creature, startling white, that had approached, soundlessly, pleading with his eyes. The legs, so delicately shaped, balanced a body wrought of finest ivory. And as he moved, his coat shone like reflected moonlight. High on his forehead rose...
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To Say Before Going To Sleep
I would like to sing someone to sleep, have someone to sit by and be with. I would like to cradle you and softly sing, be your companion while you sleep or wake. I would like to be the only person in the house who knew: the night outside was cold. And would like to listen to you and outside to the world and to the woods. The clocks are striking, calling to each other, and one can see right to the...
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“In our society we are too pessimistic about monogamy because we are too...”
– Tim Keller (via firstbreath90)
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“Think of God’s life as a party to which everyone is invited, and think of Hell...”
– Father Robert Barron (via firstbreath90)
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My Love Is Your Love // Whitney Houston
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