Wisdom is the power to admit that you cannot understand and judge the people in their entirety. - Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement #amreading Herbert James Gunn .:. Pauline in the Yellow Dress, 1944

Barrier broken as words dropped into the night's cold embrace .:. My thoughts no longer in another place while my head rests against your chest .:. Divine bliss from parted shadows and the touch of a Fallen Angel's kiss #WyldeVerse

You and I .:. And the distance between us .:. to hell and back on a lonely road less travelled .:. launched into the storm .:. it's now or never return to me once more #MadVerse

Balancing layers of unfolding emotions .:. Unwilling heartbeat held in the palm of your hand .:. I acquiesce Revisiting #WyldeVerse

Carmit Rozenzvig, Prisoner of Love, 2018

Balancing layers of unfolding emotions .:. Unwilling heartbeat held in the palm of your hand .:. I acquiesce #WyldeVerse Photo by Carlota Guerrero

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou Ph. Adolfo Valente

Barrier broken as words dropped into the night's cold embrace .:. My thoughts no longer in another place while my head rests against your chest .:. Divine bliss from parted shadows and the touch of a Fallen Angel's kiss #WyldeVerse Ph. David McCracken

Thoughts of the indelible leaving trails of smoke across my mind. .:. In flames that burn but do not turn to ash, longing for you. #SlamWords

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, Reaching for the Ballet Shoe, 1910.

If this were a dream I would surely see you again– why must waking love be left incomplete? Ono No Komachi Ph. Robert Komarek

Even if I now saw you only once, I would long for you through worlds, worlds Izumi Shikibu Ph. Simona Forte

Ribbon bound heart knotted into memories long strands of peace .:. Fragments of dreams slip together like sunlight poured into stained glass .:. Heartbeats echoing between the steps in the corridors of my mind .:. Long journey Home to your arms #WyldeVerse Ph. Realisation Par

William Oxer, Grace

Haunted nights tearing into dreams .:. Turn on the light and reach .:. Fade into forever as the warmth of your love shelters me #WyldeVerse