Aug 20, 2013

i am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes, and the dreamer of improbable dreams...

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she never truly knew how to feel 
around him
what to say 
(breath was the most common
word that 
reeled through her mind) - 

she had heard multiple times
that it was mandatory
to know every detail 
about 
"the one"
memorized and imprinted
on your mind: 

but for her, that wasn't the 
case. 

it was the tinest of things. 
when she looked 
back
her memories weren't composed of
hair color
or dimples
or eyes
(in fact, 
eye contact 
was something she had been
deathly afraid of) 
but -
it was his laugh: 
oh, that laugh! 
sticky with richness
& aliveness 
& passion
(which she would do
anything to hear) -
it set a spark
& built a fire;
released her far-flung hopes
into the the sea; 
& sent her impossible dreams 
adrift
into the midnight sky. 

in the end
all she knew of him
was his smile
that dug roots into her heart
until she realized
one had crept over her 
lips.
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a bit of fiction || a pinch of truth
the scribblings of the dreamer of improbable dreams
xx

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful is the word to describe it.
    Love,
    -Bess-

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  2. gracie girl this is sweetly written, and i love it. <3

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  3. oh, Grace. This is so so lovely. xx

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  4. Oh, how sweet! You are such a gifted writer, Grace!

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  5. I am absolutely in love with this! I can't say how beautiful i think this is.

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  6. WE HAVE TO TALK SOON. I WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING. I love you to bits, darling. To the moon and back a million and one times!

    This is unspeakably adorable ;)

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  7. my heart... this is beyond darling.
    you are so gifted with words!

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  8. Aww. this is so cute. maybe it's all a little more true of us than we'd admit. ;)

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  9. so adorable. and true too ;) i just found your sweet blog and i love it already!

    lizabeth xx
    www.lizabethlonesparrow.blogger.com

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  10. Those pictures are so lovely, as is the poem. Just found your blog and it was a nice change from the ordinary. Will definitely be coming back to read more :)

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  11. i'm speechless. that was beautiful. simply and magically beautiful.

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