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Exactly Now II

April 17, 2018 | Ben Ellingson
This morning, I saw you stop & close your eyes & breathe in this exactly now & then your eyes opened, deep & green & suddenly the world had no edges & seeing you in the clear light was my exactly now & while it was a simple thing, I never imagined life could be [...]
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Whole Life

October 10, 2017 | Ben Ellingson
There are things that happen when you finally stop fighting & trust the whole way. Time slows down & you see a world that no one else but children notices & when they see you paying attention their eyes get wide because they’d come so close to believing they were the only ones who remembered [...]
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Bright Eyes

October 10, 2017 | Ben Ellingson
Some days it all feels hard until I remember I’m going to die & I’ll never see the light coming through your eyes ever again & I’m not willing to miss a moment of that for something that may never happen.
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Willful

November 4, 2015 | Ben Ellingson
Somehow, I got to thinking today is a good day to tell you all the things I’ve learned so far in my life (but without all the endless details that’d make your eyes roll back in your head) & I figured I’d probably run out of space, but at least I could make a start [...]
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Exactly Now

November 4, 2015 | Ben Ellingson
These are words that say exactly what you need to hear in this moment, as long as you’re willing to close your eyes & listen deeply & ignore everything you think you know up till now.
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Come Before

October 15, 2014 | Ben Ellingson
There will come a moment in your life when you look into the future & wonder if the way you love the world matters & almost without thinking, you’ll want to find someone who already answered this question you never thought to ask. It’s hard to believe, but the ones who came before hope you come to this. You’ll look [...]
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First Glance (you)

October 15, 2014 | Ben Ellingson
In that moment, our eyes met & I remember thinking This is what it is like to be struck by lightning, knowing I would never be untouched by you again.
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Prodigal Child

October 15, 2014 | Ben Ellingson
For a long time, I held to the knowledge that I was a child of the earth, raised on rich soil & air the flavor of dark bread & though I heard about the sea, those stories were whispered & strange & far from the ones I knew. Then, I met you, with eyes the [...]
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Things You Might Want to Know About Magic

October 15, 2014 | Ben Ellingson
The most important thing to know is simple: magic is real. There are lots of books out now that have magic in them. A lot of people think they are fiction. Except when you read them, something deep inside you stirs. Like a little spark or an ember. Or a bright hummingbird that suddenly wakes & darts up into the [...]
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Waiting to See

December 16, 2013 | Ryan McCarthy
A box of eyes waiting to see something act up
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