It took me a long time and much labour to distinguish between qualities in ourselves that we know and those that are inborn and virtually unrecognisable.
circehas quoted3 years ago
I know that the queen cannot spare my life. A short time ago her glances told me so.
circehas quoted3 years ago
Perhaps pain dies before we die
circehas quoted3 years ago
Once a thought comes into the world, does it live on in someone else?
circehas quoted3 years ago
Something in me matches the emptiness of the sky above the enemy land.
circehas quoted3 years ago
Vain our attempt to evade their atrocities, long have I known that.
circehas quoted3 years ago
the indifference of the celestials to us of earth.
circehas quoted3 years ago
Once again limb-loosing love shakes me, bitter-sweet, untamable, a dusky animal.
SAPPHO
Marionhas quoted4 years ago
Point the way into the darkness. Into the slaughterhouse. And alone. Keeping step with the story, I make my way into death