people say they want love, but they go into relationships asking… what can you do for me?

i think love is something different

people say they want love,
but they go into relationships asking…

what can you do for me?
what can i get out of you?
who can you be for me?

that’s need. and i just think love is
something different. i think it asks different
questions. i think it looks for different things.
like…

what is this feeling with you?
what can unfold between us?
i want to know who you are.

– butterflies rising

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i don’t know if there’s anything harder to let go of than the way a song makes you feel about them…

and when it ends... i don’t know if there's anything harder to let go of than the way a song makes you feel about them

and when it ends…
i don’t know if there’s anything
harder to let go of than the way a song
makes you feel about them

– when a music lover loves

– butterflies rising

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another life…

i can no longer wear that shade of unworthiness, or hold that self-unkindness

and if you
took me for granted…
you must know that that
was another life.
and i have found my way
to a new life.
and you are just not welcome here.

because i can no longer
wear that shade of unworthiness,
or hold that self-unkindness,
that let me live a life
where the people i let close to me
ever treated me as anything less than
a blessing in theirs.

– butterflies rising

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