julia.

Ask.   heart, what a rare bird you are!
// rumi
The Quiet is Me, Listening

Most hearts say, I want, I want,

I want, I want. My heart
is more duplicitous,
though no twin as I once thought.
It says, I want, I don’t want, I
want, and then a pause.
It forces me to listen.

-Margaret Atwood

(Source: poetbabble, via champagnecandy)

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