À l’aurore je suis née, baptisée de rosée by AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora on Flickr.
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My birthday is coming up (Oct. 18th).
I’m feeling The Sadness of the Rose
Dorian Gray’s vanity comes to mind as well. I’m not comfortable comparing myself to him… I couldn’t be more different from that personage’s depiction. But it is there, a drop of sadness and awareness, lurking in the muddy shadows.