Some species mate, then decapitate…
Finches sing to seduce. Ornithologists
theorize the same song also eulogizes
if produced in a tree.
Unprompted,
my mother told me she loved my father
like a brother.
Some mate for safety, to avoid
sadness, to self-flagellate…
— James Allen Halley from poem Inheritance at Corresponding Periods of Life, at Corresponding Seasons of the Year, As Limited by Sex
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- I Am Not The Whiskey You WantYou cannot travel the road until you yourself become the road. — Alan Watts I am not the whiskey you want. I am the water you need. — Rupi Kaur from poem Milk and Honey
- Life Is Too Short To Wake Up With RegretsLife is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely… Read more: Life Is Too Short To Wake Up With Regrets
- Make Love Your Lodestarwant to be happy? live the impossible life make love your lodestar for a life that’s more than dandelion wishes you must take action — Jason McBride from haiku on Medium