Pluto
Just like Pluto
I was deemed worthy
Somewhere
At the beginning
Belonging
With others who
Are somewhat the same
Somewhat different
In a galaxy vast enough
To get lost in
And just like Pluto
Days led up
To one particular instant
When I was denounced
For reasons and definitions
Set by humans
Set by me
Perhaps
Pluto was never a planet
To begin with
But perhaps
It was a planet
Until the definition
Changed.
Jon Stewart, explaining to young people why books are awesome.
(Source: sofuckingbeautifulbaby, via sarcastic-snowflake)
"But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both."
- Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye, “An Origin Story” (via thisblankpage)
(Source: larmoyante, via iamup2n0good)
White
All I know
Is the color grey
And more often than not
The color black
And much less often than that
White
My thoughts spin circles
Around me wherever I go
Usually logically linked
But still irrational
Mixed with feelings
I cannot separate
X from darkness
And y from grey
But
When all is white
It does not last long
Because only then
Can I separate it from z
Only then
Will my thoughts work
Rationally
Trying with equations
And getting right answers
Trying again
And again
Even when I know
To put one and one
Together
Gives two
And yet
I am convinced
It is wrong
That I somehow
Must have gotten lucky
That very soon
It will yield error
It is irrational
In my world
To be in white
It is unfamiliar territory
I know
What comes after the high
I know
It is like a drug
That wears off
Like a breath
That must recede
It is logical
That
For every action
There is an equal opposite
Reaction
It is irrational for me
In grey amidst black
And only rational
In white.
"And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too"
- Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner. (via thereisalightt)
(Source: anepitomeoflifelessness, via lu-gnarr)
