#jamestipton

"I have heard about those wretched earth-bound spirits doomed to wander here forever. Oh God, when I am dead, please make me one of them!" ~ James S. Tipton, Poet, 1942 - 2018 _______________________________ #jamestipton #tombstone #tombstonequotes #prayer #doomed #spirit #lovinglife #lovingthislifeofmine (at Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Hz7VVnUg-/?igshid=16gmu6v98pzes

Some nights are difficult for me, listen: I want to talk about that hunger that rises up in the old house; I want to talk about the loneliness that wakes at two a.m. and stares at the deserted bed; I want to talk about the sadness of old clothes in the flea market. and the tongues lost in tiny children; I want to talk about the woman who said she would meet me at the theater and the part of me that still waits for her; I want to talk about how bullies hurt the sweet heart, how the heart walks in sleep, how the heart hides in the clock, hides in the hands of strangers; I want to talk about this: the wedding dress that poetry wore one morning in the apple trees so long ago, when she came to me, innocent, distressed, and lovely. James Tipton (20th Century) -- Sometimes, i smile at poems like this because those who are lonely are not alone.