In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
STEPHANIE BRIARI pressed the dress to my nose, and found what was left of your ghost. It was then that I remembered how to cry.
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Standing in your power scares a lot of people. You become something formidable, intimating, and aspirational all at once.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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You’re preserved inside of me; cadaversque. I both acquiesce and atrophy because of it.
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The stars are where we came from. They orchestrated our return to the place we can always come home: our ancient, timeless love.
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You could not keep me fed by throwing me bones and empty promises. I am ashamed to admit how much starving I did before I finally left.
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I would throw down roots with you if I ever had the chance. We’d grow strong in tender shoots, and bloom in burning hands.
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Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
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I erected cities with adoration on my tongue and you burnt mine down in the wake of your love.
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In my dreams we got past the parking lot; you took me past the old, oak door, led me up onto the vacant altar, and offered me to every god whose name you invoked as you worshipped my body.
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To the oppressed with no seat on the table; dreaming of change and better days, I will pull up a chair, and light fires in your name.
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How do you sleep soundly, knowing you traded roses for weeds?
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In my dreams you conjure me like a spell in the night. Let us haunt one another with uneasy peace, and die burning alive.
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I pressed the dress to my nose, and found what was left of your ghost. It was then that I remembered how to cry.
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Stop accepting abstract noun love. Real love is always action verb.
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I fall headlong into everything that lights me on fire. I know not of restraint. I was born to burn.
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