Softest of Mornings
by Mary Oliver
Softest of mornings, hello.
And what will you do today, I wonder,
to my heart?
And how much honey can the heart stand, I wonder,
before it must break?
This is trivial, or nothing: a snail
climbing a trellis of leaves
and the blue trumpets of flowers.
No doubt clocks are ticking loudly
all over the world.
I don’t hear them. The snail’s pale horns
extend and wave this way and that
as her fingers-body shuffles forward, leaving behind
the silvery path of her slime.
Oh, softest of mornings, how shall I break this?
How shall I move away from the snail, and the flowers?
How shall I go on, with my introspective and ambitious life?
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Mary Oliver, "Softest of Mornings"
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softest of mornings, hello.
and what will you do today, i wonder,
to my heart?
- mary oliver
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Sunny side of the LiverpooLondon
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aki cries in secret, he cries for every rookie who died under his supervision, he blames himself for every death he couldn't prevent and would do anything to protect someone if it meant not having to watch them die. he cries where no-one can hear him so they'll never know
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ugh my eyes and body ache. intermittent sleep + i woke up earlier than usual bc there's still stuff to review for psyc exam today. ugh. not off to a good start 😕😔 i guess it could've been worse (there are many many many many ways it could've been worse and as a pessimist, i could go down a list of every way and feel even more awful than i started out feeling, ugh)
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i’m the softest girl alive this morning
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Halloween is so not in our culture down here that not only stores are already packed with Christmas decorations but I didn't notice it was a Friday 13th in October lmfao
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shit screenshots but tell me you watched the highlight medley!!!
I JUST WOKE UP NO I HAVEN'T BUT 😭😭😭😭😭 PRETTY PRETTY NYMPH WOODLAND JOSHU I'M SO 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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