“I drown amongst those pretending to save me.”

They ask me what it is to be a woman, as if I have to explain what it is to be a human.

I’ve seen far too many people lose their chance, waiting for others to catch up.

Never allow for temporary thoughts take over the permanence of your heart.

Alas, we found ourselves living in a broken world with sad souls but happy masks.

Those who try to break you, come shattered themselves.

She deserved her skies of rainbows, after the many storms her mind endured.

And suddenly days slowed down when I didn’t have you by me.

I’m simply a wildflower unaware of where I’ve come from, but allow me some sun and rain and see me bloom.

My love, we walk amongst a crowd of lonely hearts.

From the dark depths of my soul came an intense passion for prose.

Don’t worry about me for a queen not needs a king to rule.

You were always only ever meant to be just you, not what you think they wanted to have made of you.

Fireworks feel different when the fire lives within.

Love wild, Love free, Because at the end of the day my darling, It’s just you and me.

You don’t need to be strong all the time, for only a fool will move against the currents rather than flow against it.

Perhaps the storm is what we needed to understand the calm.

I don’t pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

Well, I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I haven’t been a rogue most of my life.

Hate me for who I am, I don’t care. At least I’m not pretending to be someone I’m not.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

I’m drowning. And the air is nowhere to be found. Yet I pretend to breathe anyway.

For the DPRK and its military, the ouster of Saddam Hussein conveyed a powerful message: it’s not enough to pretend to have weapons of mass destruction. To be secure, a nation must build them, own them, and hide them.

Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.

We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.