“Sometimes the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes the first thing you want never comes
And I know
The waiting is all you can do, sometimes.”

–Aqualung, “Strange and Beautiful”

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
(–Alanis Morissette)

“You don’t know nights of love? Don’t
petals of soft words float upon your blood?
Are there no places on your dear body
that keep remembering like eyes?”