You have not known what you are.
You have slumbered upon yourself all your life.
Your eyes have been as much as closed most of the time.
What you have done is already in mockeries.

The mockeries are not you.
Underneath them
And within them,
I see you lurk...


-Walt Whitman



14.2.11

dante once wrote...


"Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always. A promise. Like a reward for persisting through life so long alone. A belief in each other and the possibility of love. A decision to ignore, simply rise above the pain of the past. A covenant, which at once binds two souls and yet severs prior ties. A celebration of the chance taken and the challenge that lies ahead. For two will always be stronger than one, like a team braced against the tempest civil world. And love will always be the guiding force in our lives. For tonight is mere formality; only an announcement to the world of feelings long held. Promises made long ago in the sacred spaces of our hearts..."






1 comment:

JC said...

this quote from Dante has been the longest I ever read... not because I know from where it was taken from.. but because the music playing on the background is just so good I pretended I was reading the lines over and over again just so I could listen to the music over and over again.

very effective post. made my valentines more remarkable.

BTW, can you share what is the title/artist? thank you!

cheers!