CXVII

In life there are no hand outs. You get to high places when you do hard work. Even when it looks like they took a shortcut, they didn't, even when it seems that they had a free ride, they didn't, and even when they made it all look so easy, it wasn't. Learning this is one of the greatest let downs and biggest encouragements you can find. That life can look easy and be hard all at once, do you get that? Bums on seats, feet on pavement, pens on paper, fingers on the pulse. No one gets to be where they are without positioning and purpose. So why would you? And that one time it seems as if someone's beaten the system? Take stock of all the lessons you've learnt and ask yourself, would you want to?

CIV

Falling asleep to your pulse against my cheek.

Rhythmic and sure.

And your breathing is steady.

And now I can't breath.

For fear of disturbing that peace.

[Image Kate Moss via Pinterest]

LXXVI

“Sometimes, we like to mess with your heads,” announced the promoter, the chatter fading as the audience focused on the stage. Their eyes rest on the girl with penetrant eyes of arctic blue. Standing beside him with an electric guitar, she’s beautiful, a little scary looking and all but aglow with a rare charisma. Encouraging welcoming applause, he concludes her introduction: “This is one of those times.”

- David Morrison

[Image: Kate Moss by Alasdair McLellan for Another Magazine A/W 2014]