the sound of the unlocking and the lift away: Archive

2 tags

I Like You When You Are Quiet

I like you when you are quiet because it is as though you are absent, and you hear me from far away, and my voice does not touch you. It looks as though your eyes had flown away and it looks as if a kiss had sealed your mouth. Like all things are full of my soul You emerge from the things, full of my soul. Dream butterfly, you look like my soul, and you look like a melancoly word. I like you...

Dec 30th

10 notes

1 tag

Dec 30th

2 notes

Dec 30th

56 notes

4 tags

Dec 26th

99 notes

2 tags

What the Water Feels Like to Fishes

Like the fur of a chinchilla. Like the cleanest tooth. Yes, the fishes say, this is what it feels like. People always ask the fishes, ‘What does the water feel like to you?’ and the fishes are always happy to oblige. Like feathers are to other feathers, they say. Like powder touching ash. We smile and nod. When the fishes tell us these things, we begin to understand. We begin to think...

Dec 26th

12 notes