i once loved someone
who tried to control me, and so
it became somewhere i couldn't breathe.
but i also once loved someone i couldn't trust…
and that was a kind of prison, too.
because freedom and trust aren't
strangers to each other…
like there’s a way you feel yourself
pulled so strongly to someone who makes
you feel free… and i also think you don’t ever feel
more like letting your heart run wild than you
do with someone to whom the state
of your heart matters.
– butterflies rising
‘i once loved someone who tried to control me' is the original version of the poem butterflies rising published called ‘that's the thing about freedom and trust… they aren't strangers to each other at all' that was published on March 19, 2023. butterflies rising ended up adding the edited version to her book ‘she's flowers and fire' as at the time it resonated more. she has since come back to this original version and published it as well.
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‘i once loved someone who tried to control me, and so it became somewhere i couldn't breathe' – Aqua butterfly necklace background book photo
‘because freedom and trust aren't strangers to each other' – Golden butterfly necklace background book photo
‘like there’s a way you feel yourself pulled so strongly to someone who makes you feel free' – Golden heart necklace background book photo
‘i once loved someone who tried to control me, and so it became somewhere i couldn't breathe' – Text meme and book photo combo
butterflies rising tweet of ‘i also think you don’t ever feel more like letting your heart run wild than you do with someone to whom the state of your heart matters'