Having lived in this world it becomes impossible to deny at some point encountering an “I love you” that was actually a goodbye
We have all tasted the kisses that whisper “I’m sorry”
Or the hugs that couldn’t last long enough
An open heart isn’t always easy to keep especially when there are threats and memories written all over it
We bleed, we cry, we lose, we suffer, we mourn, we break, we fail, we are failed
But we’re still here
And we must learn to love again
Sometimes my heart speaks to me but sometimes it slams the door and walks away
We have to sort through all the truths to find the real one
If you’re looking out the window the whole time you’ll miss everything that’s going on inside
We are people that would rather collide than collaborate
I can’t remember the last time any of the things you didn’t say were heard
I could never find the right place to start so I just loved you the whole time
We go through times where we look at the mirror and see a reflection but not a face.
Sometimes we can have a whole conversation without hearing a word.
It’s so easy to yearn for places that don’t even exist anymore.
I used to hate when people asked me if they could borrow a piece of paper. They would never give it back. Not that I wanted it back. But that’s kind of what wasting time feels like except a lot of people don’t even ask.
There’s different kinds of love not only the kissing kind. There’s the missing kind.
You can’t hope for things that you don’t understand. I want to understand.
I believe that sometimes we are right and sometimes we are wrong. But I heard that even when we’re wrong we’re right and I kind of think that too.
we dish out hate and we call it love
for the sake of following a tradition
we take circumstances that we can not understand and try to diagnose them
crushing dreams along with realities
creating a mask of tears that are permanently placed over the faces of the hurting
we deem a few weak and call ourselves strong
but we were wrong when we said what we did
we were wrong when we did what we did
we separated hearts that were meshed together
because we were afraid of what they would produce
the end result would have been happiness
but we couldn’t stand the thought of it being any worse than it already was
failing to realize by shutting down love we shut ourselves down in the process
limited views casting a dark shadow over anything that dared to be different
if you don’t fit the script you can’t sit with us
we’ll place you in a cage in the corner instead
giving you a list of things that you can do
when you get tired of them, do them again
and again
and again
until you forget your name and her name and his name and their names
and when you’re done, you can be a pot of gold
for us to show the world
and then we will love you
and then we will accept you
I wish I could thank you in the same words you loved me with
But silence uses no words
If I didn’t have to think so much about what should be, maybe I’d be able to see what could be
Either way my heart tells stories & I always believe them
It’s funny how you can see the lives of others & it’s like looking through a glass window, until you realize that those people that you’re looking at are you
Sometimes I feel like every word that I say is a secret, but it doesn’t matter as much as before
We grow up thinking we’re right & everyone else is wrong
But if that’s what everyone thinks somebody has to be wrong
Or maybe we’re all just right
And what if nobody is right
I flourish
I bleed
I get thirsty then I quench
It’s everything and then nothing
Catch me on the way up for a nice view
There’s no remedy for wanting something and then not
We’re strong then we’re weak
It took too much to hold up all the lines so I cut them
I didn’t mean to make a mess but it all came out that way
I love you not for a minute but for forever
I’m sorry I couldn’t show you for longer
But it takes two
There is a gift called trust that is given to you by few
No matter the factors surrounding a situation loyalty shines bright
There are friends that are more like family
And there are times where the absence of fear provides you with just what you need to unleash the aspects inside of yourself that have been long hidden
We fear what we don’t understand
We don’t understand, because we fear
Caught up in battles of who we are and who they say we should be
Ambushed with feelings and other people’s thoughts
Is it possible to hold on to the truth that we know and the feelings we own
Yes just look at me and I’ll look at you
Things that you can’t forget are the ones that have already taken place
Bullies come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes they’ll look just like a friend
The consistency in fear is that it always pays you a visit without calling first
It won’t ever take the time to introduce itself but feel all the right to plague your thoughts with uncertainty
It’ll tell you that you can’t do it or you aren’t good enough but it’ll never tell you the real truth
Fear is the feeling you experience when you’re six years old and the fifth graders come and shove you in the sand on the playground
Fear is the feeling that you encounter when mom and dad are fighting and you’re hiding in your room covering your ears tightly
Fear is the darkness that shows up in your dreams at night
Fear is the experience that follows you like a shadow reminding you of the endless possibilities that surround a situation
Fear is the poison that we willingly take because of doubt and past experiences
You can let fear stop you
Or you can stop fear
“But not you. Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.”
-Divergent
“Becoming fearless isn’t the point. That’s impossible. It’s learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
-Divergent
When you love somebody their story is your story
And when they hurt you hurt
What they have is yours to keep
And what they lack is just a myth
All of these things are important to remember
Along the way we can make a mess or two or a hundred
It happens all the time
But it’s okay sometimes I forget too
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