what we run from or
push away, the “you can't hurt me
if i hurt you first”…
not letting it come to us
because it's just too good to be true…
or when it does, we can't let it be here
because it's just too beautiful to stay…
or trying to grip it and control it
when all we really need to do to hold it
is let it dance in our fingertips
instead of suffocating it away.
i think that thing we do as a defense when we're
scared of losing something is often why we
end up losing things. and maybe letting
the beautiful things belong here…
is just in seeing that our fear is
what doesn't belong here.
– butterflies rising
‘what we run from or push away, the you can’t hurt me if i hurt you first' is an original and copyright protected poem by the author butterflies rising that was published on April 17, 2025, and is the full poem to her quote ‘but that thing we do as a defense when we're scared of losing something‘ that is published in her book ‘she's flowers and fire.
‘what we run from or push away, the you can’t hurt me if i hurt you first' – Aqua heart necklace theme book photo