something inside of you…

there’s always been an ache in your
back that has felt something like wings…
something inside of you has always
been trying to carry you.

– butterflies rising

that wild in your heart,
those flowers in your chest,
and the fire in your blood

– butterflies rising

i think one of the saddest
connections is the rebound relationship…
you’re using one person to try
to unlove another.

so there’s nothing pure or honest
in what that relationship is, or ever will be,
as you’ve carried into it an unhealed bond
to what was.

take time to cleanse, to heal, to renew,
to grow, to become.

– butterflies rising

take time
to cleanse,
to heal,
to renew,
to grow,
to become.

– butterflies rising

settling will always
leave the heart
relentlessly unsettled

– butterflies rising

codependency
doesn’t keep you warm…
it keeps you from breathing
fresh air

– butterflies rising

all i’ve ever wanted…
is to know that i matter. by myself.
for myself. and belonging to myself.
chosen by no one, but me.

– butterflies rising

love won’t
ask you to be less of yourself,
it will invite you to
become more and more of you,
to step into all of you

– butterflies rising

you are beauty…
it radiates from the depths of your soul
to the tips of your toes

– butterflies rising

Tag: Self Esteem