She is a smile in the dark
Richard L. Ratliff.
“God is my supermanI tug on his cape:”
“As the sun sinksIt casts that silver bridgeAcross the lake”
“Your words on the screen are my color palette I dip my brush into your words and paint youOn the sky, on the ceiling, on the snow; on the tabletOf things eternal : love truth beauty happiness”
“Life is the night skyAll the dots of stars are happiness”
“May your union be filled with loveAnnealed by passion Built on a strong foundation And tempered by time”
“Your kiss swallows meAnd engulfs my very soul”
“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”
“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”
“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
“I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.”
“Souls are flowers, only God has the right to pluck them. But those who commit suicide: their souls are the rotten blossoms of devil's garden.”
“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”
“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”