The kindest use a knife

Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.

from The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

Details:

Skin: Pumec: Albino, group gift (group join 99L)
Eyes: Sintiklia: Frozen, Gift
Dress: Kaithleen's: T-Shirt, Blue, Hello Tuesday
Hair: Analog dog: Charlotte, The Gacha Gardians Gift
Nails: Livia: Crescent-Glitter Free Demo [Slink/Omega/Maitreya]
Scarf : Orquidea: Snowflake, gift
Shoes: LRD: October 2014 Females Short Boots, group gift
Ring: Zenith: Boho , Tear, group gift
Tights: E&O: color Tight turqoise, Maitreya, Color Me Project gift
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Atooly: Atoji 004, The Gacha Guardians
Location: Blue Orange Club and Art Project (artwork in the backround by in inaka and Gitu Aura)
Windlight: region

Be Careful

i must be careful about such things as these.
the thin-grained oak.    the quiet grizzlies scared
into the hills by the constant tracks squeezing
in behind them closer in the snow.    the snared
rigidity of the winter lake.    deer after deer
crossing on the spines of fish who look up and stare
with their eyes pressed to the ice.   in a sleep.  hearing
the thin taps leading away to collapse like the bear
in the high quiet.   i must be careful not to shake
anything in too wild an elation.    not to jar
the fragile mountains against the paper far-
ness.   nor avalanche the fog or the eagle from the air.
of the gentle wilderness i must set the precarious
words.   like rocks.   without one snowcapped mistake.
(Be Careful - By Ed Roberson)

Details:

Eyes: SU69: Be Beauty XMAS Gift
Hair: Alice Project: Sloan, Christmas, Advent gift 17th Dec.
Shoes: Ecru: Trinket: Maitreya-Slink-Belleza 30 Colours, 60 WE
Skin: The Skinnery: Park Shin, Catwa Applier, Mocca, C88
Dress: Sweet Lies: Briza Dress Pack 1, old The Liaison Collaborative
Nails: Livia: Natural Gold, Slink/Omega/Maitreya, Color Me Project
Jewellery: IT: Majestique Set 22
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Belle Poses: Joss 2, 2nd Level gift
Location: Telrunya Winter, Flickr
Windlight: my own

From the sustaining air

from the sustaining air

fresh air

There is the clarity of a shore
And shadow, mostly, brilliance

summer
the billows of August

When, wandering, I look from my page

I say nothing

when asked

I am, finally, an incompetent, after all

From the Sustaining Air by Larry Eigner

Details:

Shoes: Empire: Solidago, color change hud, Fifty Linden Fridays
Hair: Exile: Early Rise 5 Color Fade Pack, FLF
Skin: Belleza: FLF Mila catwa Applier FLF
Dress: Luas: Lehna,  Rose, The Avenue
Rings: Day Dreamer: Stacked Rings, Rose Gold, The Gacha Garden Gift
Eyes: Inkheart: April, Illusions, Advent calendar (Thanks Inkheart!)
Scarf: ASS: Dekades: Malika, We<3RP gift
Headband: Rebel Hope: Kitty ears, pink, Kittycats calendar
Nails: Livia: Natural Gold, Slink/Omega/Maitreya, Color Me Project
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: oOo Studio: Silent night 4, FLF

Location: Summer Trace (Flickr Group)
Windlight: region

What in the Dickens?

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another". - Charles Dickens

Details:

Hair: Diva: Nina, Red Amber
Cloak: Ashmoot: AW Coll, Color Me Project
Bracers: B&C: Winter's Chill, Midwinter event
Skin: Glam Affair: Olivia, The Epiphany Birthday
Shoes: Empire: Foxglove, The Chapter Four gift
Eyes: Queen oF Ink: Queen, The Chapter Four gift
Earrings: Ricielli,  Koko, Silver, TCF
Nails: Nailed It: All in One, On9 Christmas Gift Set
Dress: Foxes: Party Dress, Luxebox December
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pet: MishMish: Cozy Little Bear, Luxe Box December

Pose: Belle Poses: Joss 3, 2nd Level gift

Location: The Dickens Project 2016, Produced by Seanchai Library, at Water Haven, sponsored by Kultivate Magazine / benefiting Team Diabetes SL (Make sure to check out the Eight Days if Dickens Mini-Hunt)
Windlight: PinkPurple

The threat of frost

and with a hidden sting
just brush our faces
at twilight. The threat
of frost, a premonition
a warning, a whisper
whose words we cannot
yet decipher but will.
- The late year by Marge Piercy
Details:

Skin: WoW: 2016 Taylor Darktan Catwa appl., sale
Lipstick: Alaskametro: Creme Red, sale
Boots: Slipper: Nina, Black, 60WE
Dress: TRS Designs: Taylor, Black, Black Friday gift
Horns: Luas: Estrella, pink, Black Friday gift
Face glitter: Adored: glitter frex, Black Friday gift
Hair: Wasabi Pills: Belle, FLF Exclusive
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer: Karina Court, FLF
Bracelet: Maxi Gossamer: Ritzy Shimmer Pearls, sale
Nails: Livia: Glitz, old hunt
Eyes: Buzz: Chromatic, Spectre RARE, Epiphany

Pose: Icons Of Style: Rafaella, Color Me Project

Pet: Black Bantam: Editorial Fawn Promo Photo, Epiphany
Location: The Town Of Sleepy Hollow