Author: nicolesander

Fearless

One day when I surprised them, they asked, “Who are you?” I said: I am an evolutionary wonder 3.7 billion years in the making I’m fearless “Fearless?” ” Fearless.” Only love is real.

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Ravenous

Sometimes its good to be hungry Be consumed with ache and yearning Until we are Ravenous Unfulfillment is a fuel For those whom weakness doesn’t become

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The Language of Friendship

Someone wise, old, and far away Told me something once about human bonds We sipped tea in an elegant room Out of china elaborate and gold Angels graced their tounge and shimmered their words ‘’Listen to the sparks and embers’’ they said “Hear the fiery […]

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Tikkun

In a deep place, far inside A restfulness was disturbed A small drop created ripples And those ripples became a current And that current ran through you From your heart to your head And from your head to your heart And you tasted life, first, […]

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Remember the Tree Branches

“Remember the tree branches” the wise old man said to me, taking my hand as he walked by, somberly pointing up to the canopy of multicolored leaves that hung over our heads. As he disappeared into the sunset and the sound of his steps dissipated […]

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Reflections on Colombia

One of my favorite authors is the esteemed Gabriel Garcia Marquez; a magic realist, and a Colombian native. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that such a prolific writer emerges from the depths of a country so unbearably beautiful, and at the same time plagued […]

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Lose Yourself – A Poem

A poem based around the idea that the unknown is truly a lovely place once you get to know it better. what is better than losing yourselfin a great messof chaos that you don’t understand and you’ll never have any use for but you put […]

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