#pre

They call each other `E.’ Elvis picks wildflowers near the river and brings them to Emily. She explains half-rhymes to him. In heaven Emily wears her hair long, sports Levis and western blouses with rhinestones. Elvis is lean again, wears baggy trousers and T-shirts, a letterman’s jacket from Tupelo High. They take long walks and often hold hands. She prefers they remain just friends. Forever. Emily’s poems now contain naugahyde, Cadillacs, Electricity, jets, TV, Little Richard and Richard Nixon. The rock-a-billy rhythm makes her smile. Elvis likes himself with style. This afternoon he will play guitar and sing “I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed” to the tune of “Love Me Tender.” Emily will clap and harmonize. Alone in their cabins later, they’ll listen to the river and nap. They will not think of Amherst or Las Vegas. They know why God made them roommates. It’s because America was their hometown. It’s because God is a thing without feathers. It’s because God wears blue suede shoes. ↗

— Hans Ostrom

#elvis-presley #emily-dickinson #hans #heaven #in

Sometimes I just try so hard to remember the last time I was happy, you know like really happy. ↗

— Unknown

#depression #life #love #pain #sadness

Isn't it just weird when you sit in a room full of people and realize how empty you are. You begin to think to yourself, do I really matter. Does anyone care? ↗

— Unknown

#depression #life #love #pain #sadness

Some days I wish I was not alive, other days I'm indecisive. I've never wanted to be alive. Is that a bad thing? ↗

— Unknown

#depression #life #love #pain #sadness

The sad part is not that I am depressed and suicidal. It is that no one knows. They all think I'm a very happy person. ↗

— Unknown

#depression #life #love #pain #sadness

Happiness? When it feel it, it is often just for a short while ↗

— Unknown

#depression #life #love #pain #sadness

He kissed my belly, “Just think. All the love that we have for each other, we put it in this safe place here.” He kissed my belly again. ↗

— Tara Brown

#pregnancy #sweetness #love

If I shut everything else out and filled the room with memories, the past could become the present, and I could live there, with him. I would never leave. ↗

— Na

#magical-thinking #past #present #love

Don't be afraid. You are never really alone. Just be yourself. You don't ever have to pretend you are someone else. If you try to do that, then you don't have anything to give the world. Accept and give your gifts with love. ↗

— Jay Woodman

#afraid #alone #gifts #give #love

Gratitude doesn't change the scenery.  It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#colors #gratefulness #gratitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich