“The way people treat you is a statement of who they are as a human being. It’s not a statement about you.”
— Unknown
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDGAR ALLEN POE
On This Dreary Day, We Hail
Beneath the raven's watchful gaze,
In shadowed halls and moonlit haze,
We mark the birth of one who wove
The haunting tapestries we love.
O Poe, of melancholy tongue,
Where grief and beauty intertwine,
Your tales of sorrow still are sung,
A dirge eternal, dark, divine.
From chamber doors to midnight drear,
Your echoes linger, sharp and clear.
The haunted hearts, the broken souls,
Still wander through your spectral scrolls.
A toast to you, with absinthe green,
To realms unseen, and dreams obscene.
Your name lives on, a ghostly chime,
Through ages deep, beyond all time.
So here we stand, this January day,
To honor you in our own way.Forevermore,
your shadow grows—
Happy Birthday, Edgar Poe.
Sometimes, it isn’t the one who takes your breath away, it’s the one that reminds you to breathe.
k.b. // by jennifer johnson
If you do not spend time getting to know yourself, you will end up absorbing everyone else's random and conflicting ideas about you.
Knowing who you are on a very deep and intimate level is the best way to protect yourself from internalizing disempowering opinions from others.
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