and if you’re like me, you need hope, coffee and melody

31May08

I received this picture in the mail 3 days ago, along with a good luck note from The Sister.

So this one is for you, sister. Cause I know you’re going through tough times right now.

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

-E.E. Cummings

Not listening to anything today, the silence and the rare stillness is a welcome gift.

And that is melody enough for now.

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Tags: e.e. cummings, love, the sister