Expect a most agreeable letter, for not being overburdened with subject (having nothing at all to say), there shall be no
check to my genius from beginning to end.
--Jane Austen
how should another know your mind?
And there was a beautiful view
But nobody could see.
Cause everybody on the island
Was saying: Look at me! Look at me!
--Laurie Anderson
will he discern what quickens you?
Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 4:41 AM
You stood there
in silence,
your sad gaze
full of feeling.
It brought to mind
the past I loved…
your last gaze
on earth for me.
You vanished,
silent angel:
your grave,
celestial peace!
All earth’s memories
are there,
all the thoughts
of heaven, sacred.
Heavenly stars,
silent night! …
Vasily Zhukovsky
this was originally intended to be meandering, pseudo-philosophical and thoroughly depressing, but it's been distilled down to this-