Gemma Iversen on constitution
Gemma Iversen41 quotes“I am ruled by emotion. She is a fickle leader of a volatile kingdom, where conniving skies cast intemperate clouds over my constitution.”
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You demanded silence and I became sonorous.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Somedays, I just need to switch it all off, and turn to the trees.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Lets conduct a study. Let’s pull up a jury. Are you a beautiful person? or inclined to wanton fury.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen You don’t deserve her, but the least you can do is damned well love her.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen I’ve brought myself back to life more times than I can remember. And when I say I brought myself back, I mean, I have clawed, clambered and coaxed myself from the precipice of self destruction.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen I looked again at my new ring and in that moment all I knew, was that the greatest of adventures would be revealed in with you.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Champagne on our lips and desire on our minds and you can leave those painful memories behind and you can bring your hand to my heart as we kiss. There’s nothing else but us on nights like this.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen How are you yet to learn? I don’t want grand gestures. I don’t want the world on a plate, the best life has to offer, material things or flashy gimmicks. I just want you with me.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Burnt mirror, smeared glass. Do you like what you see? If my body is a temple, then my poetry is the darkest vestry. My mouth is a chalice, and these words are sacramental.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Still, I wrote. Even when the police where coming. Even when my whole body hurt, and the slightest sound would make me quake.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Go on then, color me broken whilst I feign my surprise. Let me summon some sorrow for this wreckage inside.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and watch me spark like a match tossed to tinder.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen With all these past fears still written on my skin, it bruises me to let you in. Trauma’s that this body holds, still guard these tactile lips untold.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen A seed of suspicion. A sprout of doubt. A sapling of worry. But what an oak of strength I’ve become.
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen I was told I could break free if I wanted to. That my wings would mend with time. But how can I mend a part of me that was never built to weather a storm?
Gemma IversenGemma Iversen Let me show you how words can make merriment from the most bitter melancholy. How words softly spoken, can heal even the most insidious of wounds.
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