It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. … - Mark Strand

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I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.

Mark Strand

It came to my house. It sat on my shoulders. Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours. I have carried it with me too long. I give it back.

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Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light.

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Sometimes he did not know if he slept or just thought about sleep.

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We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole.

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These wrinkles are nothing These gray hairs are nothing, This stomach which sags with old food, these bruised and swollen ankles, my darkening brain, they are nothing. I am the same boy my mother used to kiss.

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In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.

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If anything I think we connect to what our parents were listening to when they were our age. I'm listening to a lot of classical and electronic music, like Aphex Twin, non-vocal music.

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