Basith > Quotes

“Those masks we wear
not to shield others; but ourselves from who we are.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“There is a light within our soul that burns brighter than the sun. And we ignore it.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“After a breath and before another, there's plenty of time to rest.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Most of my beholders are blind.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“poems open doors;
that don't even exist.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“The path behind is twisted, the path ahead unknown.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“LOOK AT MY BLOOD FLOWERS, BECAUSE I WRITE WITH A SERENE SHARP BLADE THAT SOOTHES. AS MUCH AS CUTS INTO THE DEEPEST PARTS OF MY SOUL.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“The stars are but tears
shed by a miriad
of unrequited dreams;
each sparks with fire
and guides its light homeward
when a dream is revealed”
― Basith

“All these mirrors
carnival distortions
of selves we never were.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“We all have our safe places, where none are invited. They are lonely rooms full of the musk of memory. Sanctuary rather than adventure.”
― Basith

“This lamp that burns within letting me burn the grief, agony, confusion & bitterness before returning to the steady light that illumines.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“Thoughts as warm as a silky summer rain,
flowing over the edge of my soul's gentle.
not tides returning them along the shoreline to laughing gulls.”
― Basith

“Tired of the sea,

I need a tree that will hold my thoughts with birdsong;

not tides returning them along the shoreline to laughing gulls.”
― Basith

“Unlearn everything you know. Become a stranger to every person you've ever connected to.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“Even dead fallen leaves go a long way with the wind before getting crushed.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons

“I want to douse myself in silver words
and whisper away all rue.”
― Basith, Autopsy of the seasons