"Dear Peter" by Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother / "A Hymn to Childhood" by Li-Young Lee, Behind My Eyes
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Photo by Evgeny Yorobe Photography
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𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴
Wait for evening.
Then you’ll be alone.
Wait for the playground to empty.
Then call out those companions from childhood:
The one who closed his eyes
and pretended to be invisible.
The one to whom you told every secret.
The one who made a world of any hiding place.
And don’t forget the one who listened in silence
while you wondered out loud:
Is the universe an empty mirror? A flowering tree?
Is the universe the sleep of a woman?
Wait for the sky’s last blue
(the color of your homesickness).
Then you’ll know the answer.
Wait for the air’s first gold (that color of Amen).
Then you’ll spy the wind’s barefoot steps.
Then you’ll recall that story beginning
with a child who strays in the woods.
The search for him goes on in the growing
shadow of the clock.
And the face behind the clock’s face
is not his father’s face.
And the hands behind the clock’s hands
are not his mother’s hands.
All of Time began when you first answered
to the names your mother and father gave you.
Soon, those names will travel with the leaves.
Then, you can trade places with the wind.
Then you’ll remember your life
as a book of candles,
each page read by the light of its own burning.
~ Li-Young Lee ~
(Behind My Eyes)[Echoes of Panhala]
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Jackie Evancho - Behind My Eyes
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song: Apashe - Behind My Eyes (ft. LIA) 💀🎧🔥
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So umm Jackie Evancho of Americas Got Talent fame and a popular artist since then in the classical/opera scene just released a pop song and it's SO DAMN GOOD 😊😊 It's called Behind My Eyes please give it a listen 😊😊 this is a crossover I believe no one expected 😊😊
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I love Li-Young Lee so much
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"Mother Deluxe" by Li-Young Lee, Behind My Eyes
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i don't like it when someone is easy to reach. when someone is open to everyone, when literally anyone can get their attention. it is a question of values and principles not to be open to everyone and not to have the need for everyone's attention. people who are easily available won't value soulful connections.
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