some people are
convinced they’ve been
hurt by you simply because you’ve
stopped letting them hurt you
– butterflies rising
Read More →persecution complex…
all that she once gave away…
she’s learning to stop
bleeding herself out for others.
to stop. bleeding love. for those who
only drain her.
to let it all flow back to her…
to let all that love fill her own heart.
– butterflies rising
Read More →indifference…
it was just
this quiet moment of
indifference to your existence…
and that’s when i knew
that i had healed.
– butterflies rising
Read More →shy… but curious…
so beautiful and free…
may we hold on to the promises our souls make…
may my heart be broken wide open with compassion…
he wanted me to believe…
he said,
close your eyes for just one moment
and imagine…
what if everything you fear is an illusion,
and all these things you dream
are what is real
he wanted me to believe in the universe
– butterflies rising
Read More →inhale love fully, and let it breathe…
they all love at such exhausting extremes… inhale love fully, and let it breathe…
they all love
at such exhausting extremes,
suffocated or uninvested,
missing the place in between,
where love is trusted
but breathes
…inhale it fully, let it breathe
– butterflies rising
Read More →roots…
the forgiveness
i owe isn’t to you…
it’s to myself.
for forgetting my worth.
for letting you unearth me
from these roots.
for letting you pull me
from my truth.
– butterflies rising
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