everything in you
is meant to be felt by someone
who loves as raw in their nerves
and as full in their blood,
and could never be unaffected by you
– fire
– butterflies rising
Read More →fire…
people who love passionately are meant to be loved passionately…
if they love you, they will love the way you fall in love with yourself…
if they love you,
they will love the way
you fall in love with yourself,
and life, and them,
and everything beautiful
– butterflies rising
Read More →this becoming will ask for your breath: surrender and strength…
this becoming
will ask for your breath, patience
and for your fight, perseverance
transformation is made of both
surrender and strength
– butterflies rising
Read More →let me wander with the ones who are tangled in stars…
let me
wander with
the ones who are
tangled in stars
and tethered
to promise
– dreamers
– butterflies rising
Read More →trust issues…
it makes it harder to love people
when you won’t let yourself
have faith in them
– butterflies rising
Read More →i’m learning to love the way my name settles in silence..
i’m learning
to love the way
my name settles
in silence
before i can love
how it falls
from another’s
mouth
– this love story first.
– butterflies rising
Read More →southern girl with a wild soul: the remix…
she’s got
her daddy’s eyes
and her mama’s pretty lips,
and she’ll stay on your mind
with a sugar-sweet kiss,
that southern girl with her wild soul
will leave an imprint on your heart
and make under those southern sunsets
feel like somewhere you belong
– butterflies rising
Read More →southern girl with a wild soul…
she’s got
her daddy’s blue eyes
and her mama’s pretty lips,
and she’ll stay on your mind
with a sugar-sweet kiss,
that southern girl with her wild soul
will leave an imprint on your heart
and make somewhere in tennessee
feel something like home
– butterflies rising
Read More →something a little bit like faith…
i will not
take care of my fears today.
i will not feed them or tend to them
or give them any space.
and if i do not take care of my fears today…
what i feel tomorrow might be something
a little bit like faith.
– butterflies rising
Read More →dear heart…
dear heart,
why do you run from the
things that give you a pulse
…don’t fear what makes you feel
– butterflies rising
Read More →