to laugh is to risk appearing a fool
to weep is to risk appearing sentimental
to reach out for another is to risk involvement
to expose feelings is to risk rejection
to place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule
to love is to risk not being loved in return
to go forward in the face of overwhelming
odds is to risk failure
But risks must be taken because the greatest
hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing;
does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
Elizabeth Mae Faulkner
July 7th 1988-October 7th 2006 ♥
don't drink and drive
in a book, in a box in the closet
in a line, in a song i once heard.
in a moment on a front porch late one june.
in a breath. in a whisper beneath the moon.
there it is at the tip of my fingers,
there it is on the tip of my tongue.
all the words i can't say.
Hot Fuss