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Whisper Me This Whisper Me This by Kerry Anne King
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“I keep waiting for some great life purpose to rise up in front of me and declare itself, but I don’t seem to be wired for greatness.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above. Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies, Warm days of winter, cold summer skies. Whisper me anger, whisper me rain, Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain. When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss. Whisper me, whisper me, whisper”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“A familiar web of worry and indecision grounds me in my accustomed reality.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“My mother is present in every room of the house. She’s always in my head. Her grave is the last place in the world I feel close to her. But today is about some kind of symbolic gesture,”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“It’s funny how life spins, how we go on for long stretches of time and nothing changes, and then all at once, in a single moment, everything is altered.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“But I am not brave, and I have never been strong enough to carry the weight of my mother’s ambitions and expectations, to bear the brunt of her obsessive love.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“His anger is not my fault. I am not responsible for his behavior, then or now.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“And still, through all this overwhelming grief and fear and loss, my anger is an ever-present demon. It tangles itself in all the other emotions, stealing the sweetness from my love, poisoning my fear. I watch from the doorway, until finally everything stops.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies Warm days of winter, cold summer skies Whisper me anger, whisper me rain Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss. Whisper me, whisper me, whisper me this A lifetime of memories, and one final kiss.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies Warm days of winter, cold summer skies Whisper me anger, whisper me rain Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“me this A lifetime of memories, and one final kiss.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“We need food and shelter first, before we need anything else, because without those things we will die. Then we need people to love. Once we have people to love, then we can learn to love ourselves and start working toward the things we are good at, the things that make us happy.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“My mother used to say that parenting classes should be mandatory before people were allowed to reproduce. She didn’t mean this to apply to herself, of course, but to the ignorant hordes whose children run wild in Walmart, pillaging candy bars and throwing tantrums. At this moment, I’m thinking there should be a mandatory university degree, which includes not only psychology but also existential philosophy.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
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Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“keep waiting for some great life purpose to rise up in front of me and declare itself, but I don’t seem to be wired for greatness.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“But now there is a baby, or at least the promise of one, and that changes everything.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“I catch her picking the thing up and carrying it for a step or two before remembering that she’s supposed to lean on it, not use it as a fashion accessory.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“Because of you, I grew up without ever knowing what it was to fear a man because I was a woman. I’m only just beginning to realize what an exceptional gift that is.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies Warm days of winter, cold summer skies Whisper me anger, whisper me rain Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss. Whisper me, whisper me, whisper me this A lifetime of memories, and one final kiss.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“The new normal is me being allowed to deviate from routine.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“In the fifteen years he’s worked as a fireman and a paramedic, Tony has seen strange things, sad things, and outright disturbing things. He’s witnessed deaths accidental and purposeful, traumatic and peaceful.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“Time for me is not linear. It flows in random loops and swirls, and sometimes in huge, incomprehensible leaps.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This
“Whisper me this, my darling, my love The song of the moonlight, of stars up above. Whisper me truth, love, and whisper me lies, Warm days of winter, cold summer skies. Whisper me anger, whisper me rain, Whisper me flowers, then whisper me pain. When I come to die, love, then whisper me this The shape of a memory, the truth of a kiss. Whisper me, whisper me, whisper me this A lifetime of memories, and one final kiss.”
Kerry Anne King, Whisper Me This