Tuesday, February 1, 2011



She sighed, and looked up to the moon's waxy glow:
how she longed to be impervious to night, to all.
Pressed for time, she whispered to her fingertips;
tucking the words away (with all the others) as soon as they fell out.
"I have become the flotsam and jetsam found upon sea;  emotional wreckage being pulled out by life’s continuous tides." 
And an open window called, heavy with longing and mournful with dust
the winds arrived and swept the room: her breath danced amongst shadows.
Danced right out the room, she was flying, she was gone.

"I am no longer forgotten."
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Senior year has begun, and I am left in a state of ambivalence: thank you all so much for your kind words and kind thoughts, I adore you all! I have been absent for a while, my brother is moving interstate in less than a week and I've not been able to bring myself to indulge in words (I am lacking sleep, drunk with fatigue - do I sound it?). 

I hope you have all been wonderful~
x
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37 comments:

  1. sensational..enjoy senior year, it will go by faster than one thinks. And I hope your brother gets all moved ok :) xx

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  2. Dear Athena, this was perfect as always. You're a delight, you always are, and I just wish so much my words could match even half of what yours do. You're solid gold in a land of beautiful, sparkling gems, my dear-the most important of all.

    I begin my year tomorrow and I'm so very nervous. I'm starting at an all new school, you see; shy awkward and unusual even when no attention is on me. I'm afraid and I'm not entirely sure where to go, but I'll hope for the best, all the same. I hope your brother has a safe trip and that more words come to you, soon...and that school treats you well, me belle.

    Love,
    Norah xx

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  3. Athena, I have missed your writing a ridiculous amount.
    It's Catherine, I was previously secretsoflaughter / a life in seven billion.
    I've changed my URL and come back.

    I've missed your whole blog in general actually.
    Love,
    Catherine

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  4. 'the winds arrived and swept the room: her breath danced amongst shadows.'

    dearest athena, this is wonderful. so very glad to hear from you; how things must rush past, especially in the senior year. your words sing and fly on their own.xx

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  5. Oh your words, too beautiful, too beautiful, my dear. I'm sorry, my comments are always inadequate. I just don't know how to articulate how your writing makes me feel so much. You are truly incredible, a wonder, a marvel. I hope your life is perfect or will be very soon. Take care, love. x

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  6. Hi, Athena. I love this post... the line, "I am no longer forgotten", deeply resonates with me. Enjoy your senior year!

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  7. Ah my Brother is moving from Perth to Melbourne in a couple of weeks too!
    I love you <3

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  9. love, just love. i'm happy that your year has started out so lovely. <3 xx

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  10. "I am no longer forgotten."

    You just have the most beautiful posts that I always look forward to. Xoxo.

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  11. Hello Athena! I really like your words, especially the part of about whispering to fingertips and the flotsam and jetsam.

    so you're starting your senior year? Wow, I remember that. A lot of pressure, to be sure, but a lot of long-lasting adventures to be experienced as well. There are always surprises to be found at the end of something :)

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  12. Senior year, isn't it exciting? I will start mine in seven months or so. Which is far away, yet so close!
    Your words are beautiful, as always.
    xoxo

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  13. Ah senior year - you should enjoy it while you can! College can be such a drag hhahhaah.

    I love your little stories so much, they are food for my imagination as I wait out the terrible storm outside.

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  14. The night setting is marvellous; you can real play with the suspension of belief that comes with the evening.

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  15. "I have become the flotsam and jetsam found upon sea"

    Such a beautiful line.
    I love your posts, so very much. I have listed you, dear, I hope you don't mind. This is perfect and stunning and dazzling. x

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  17. I find when you 'live' without words in life there is little to actually live in.
    Wishful to be as graceful in composure as you are. The letters fit neatly one after another and it was as if they were set in stone. Something that touches the outer core but seeps inward.

    May the wind carry her to where it sees fit. She can speak the language of the world. It will treat her well X

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  18. "I am no longer forgotten."

    This is amazing... lovely... sweet. Stunning. I'm sorry dear Athena, I just can't find the right words to tell you... Your writings are beautiful as always... I wish I can write like you do. ♥

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  19. dear athena,
    you are so very kind, thoughtful and beautiful. thank you ever so much for your lovely comment.
    from the very bottom of my heart,
    lots of love.

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  20. Oh, you write so beautifully, so elegantly.

    Thank you for your comment. Your so lovely to say that... believe me, it is more my honour than yours. I have never before met anyone with the same name as me. You're right... this is an exciting time!

    I'd say my favourite books are 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Jane Eyre' and I also love most books by Cecelia Ahern and Lesley Pearse. My favourite books are romances, and I currently have such a long list of books that I want to read! I just wish I had more time. What about you, dear? Can you recommend anything?

    Enchanting to meet you :)

    Love always,

    x

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  21. Thanks for your comment. Good luck with your last year at school!

    Your writing is beautiful and you're a gem. Stay wonderful always.

    xx Carina
    P.S You recommended The Bell Jar to me, and I am a fair way through the book. I'm very much enjoying it so far:)

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  22. these words are so magical. i love how you said "she whispered into her fingertips." you are amazing!! congrats on senior year... almost done! (:

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  23. even drunk with fatigue your words are wonderful - a thousand times more lovely than anything i could ever do :) you talented, wonderful thing. good luck with your senior year! xx

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  24. thank you for those kind thoughts. your words are so beautiful, you amaze me. it is truly a gift to be able to transfer your inner thoughts into smooth elegant words. so graceful. have a lovely senior year dear.
    bisous,
    aurélie

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  25. I just love reading your posts... to the point where I backlogged quite a bit haha.
    Have a fun seniour year!

    Rosie x

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  27. I wanted to fall into these words, they were so beautiful.

    x
    Jess.

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  28. Oh Athena, this is utterly sublime! I just love everything you write.
    And I've been thinking about the words flotsam and jetsam recently and wanting to write something with them... and then I read this. How perfect. :)

    I'm in the last few months of my senior year. It frightens and exhilarates me.

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  29. you are as wonderful as ever.

    i miss you.

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  30. oh gosh what magical words!

    x

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  31. You are very selective in the words you use and it flows beautifully. Thanks for making my entire morning! Senior year is so much better and worse than people make it out to be...

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    :) x x x

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  33. Your photographs and your lines do always make me smile. When i'm sad, i always read your wonderful blog and it reminds me of magical things. Thank you for creating such an atmosphere, athena :)
    Xx

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  34. you have such talent, it takes my breath away.

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  35. Oh, this is beautiful. I can drown in your words, they are like a perfect summer breeze or a winter snowfall, light and wonderful. Thank you for existing, writing this and making me feel better. :)

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  36. your writing is so whimsical, i love it.
    ...my 100th post is coming up, and it would be amazing if i had everyone comment and read it :) if there's anything you'd like for me to post, i could use all the help i can get. thanks!

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  37. Lovely photo and words! Your are really talented, Athena! :)

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you've so much more to live for,
your words are so very dear to me.

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