Teraza Faulkner on darkness
Teraza Faulkner47 quotes“Like a flower, that hides from the sun and discovers it still grows and blooms, I am learning that I too, can survive the dark, without you.”
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I’m holding onto you, like a cloud holds rain. Knowing at some point I must let go. But waiting for the perfect storm, that will make it so much easier.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Sometimes my lion will try to roar back when I flee. But its my butterfly that keeps me silent when I leave.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner You’re the crescent moon cradling all theses shadows of me teach me how to shine so there’s no distance between you and I.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Pain is as dark as it is deep. But just like anything that receives enough light, it too will fade over time and become something, a little less ominous, and a little more hopeful.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Pain often hides behind dry eyes yet that river still flows on the inside.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner I’m holding happiness as though it never left it was always below my skin. Waiting to be seen waiting for the opportunity to breathe again.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner It’s those hands of time saving me when nothing else can.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Skin on skin his heart beat an orchestra against her chest. Love never tires of music like this.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner I am caught between the meadow and the sky knowing I can walk long distances, but believing there’s something greater than where my feet can take me.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner There is no road less travelled than the one that leads into the sea. But the waves will always take you to where you need to be.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Morning mist like a blanket to dawn, obscures the hope of a new day. Yet the sunrises high, and the blanket falls and hope returns to the stage.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Take me from this wasteland, for I have longed for an escape like a bird that craves the wilderness, from every corner of his cage.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Sometimes it is not about the touch at all it is about the hands they belong too.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Bitter sweet rose her thorns pierce every bone, but her lustful petals fall like bandaids for bleeding sores.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner A flower grows where it is planted but love grows everywhere.
Teraza FaulknerTeraza Faulkner Mountains speak in peaks and troughs. Just like life. And just like love.
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Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.
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