Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
29 quotes
"The splendid thingabout falling apartsilently...is thatyou can start overas many timesas you like."
"With callused handsi tastedthe softness of the moonin the coldest windsi discoveredmy soul's warmest fireplacein the roughnessof his stubblethe tenderest love."
"in the afterglowof an evening raini lay downin the grass and think of youmy body acheslike an after-kissbreaking in soft firesand wildflowersmy dear, i will always bethis tender for you."
"May your love for me be likethe scent of the evening seadrifting inthrough a quiet windowso i do not have to runor chase or fall... to feel youall i have to dois breathe."
"I had embraced you...long before i hugged you."
"moonlight disappears down the hillsmountains vanish into fogand i vanish into poetry."
"a single poemthe thing that can keep melight on my feet,when my soul isheavy with sorrow."
"If I began to drawmyself away from youwe’d still be liketwo mixed colors of paintimpossible to separate."
"May our twilights mix togetherlike breath and breathlessness."
"A single poem, alonecan turn tidesscatter galaxiesand burst forth with riversfrom paradise."
"Watch, how the sunslowly risesfrom behind my earnew lines, new countriesspring up in my palmsmy rough hairbecome swaying silkand all the leavesin my bodybecome lusher than fruits."
"And stay, my dearstay...forever, as my quiet song,in my lilac dawn."
"my dear,we are all made of water. it's okay to rage. sometimes it's okay to rest. to recede."
"You askif I will write a poemI could,I supposewrite the mostsplendiferousone of allbut notrightnownot whenyour handsare brewingwarmcinnamon teaacross my skinnot when I’mtrying to imaginewhat might happenif you beganfloweringkissesuponmeMy dear,how canI writea poemwhen I’m alreadyinside one?"
"how is it thathe's alwaysin my thoughts. even when i am not thinking."
"for we all have our own twilights and mistsand abyssesto return to."
"Scatter as a prayerescaping my lips...as orchidsblooming in clouds."
"There is somethingmystically sadand beautifulabouthowi will neversee youagainbut meet youagain and againin poetry."
"Tea is just an excuse.i am drinking this sunset, this evening.and you."
"A rain like melting pillows…a rain so beautifulI could neverhave let go ofif not certainthat someday...it would find its wayinto my poem."
"she's gotoceanstucked awayin her hairpoems swimunder her skin."
"this life has been a landscape of painand still,flowersbloom in it."
"There is a moon,that rests in the quiet cornersof a lover’s lips."
"my lovefor youwill always belike a mountain stream.quiet. persistent. continuous."
"You should be more carefulwhen you move, my dearwhat with you...spilling moonlightinto my poem, with a mereflick of your hand."