Flowers crown her with thorns, keeping her mind entrapped in a garden of lies – guarding her mind.
RENEE STONEI want to tell them how tired I am because I don’t think it shows. But maybe it’s the same for them – all strangers to the weight each of us carries. So alone, we carry these loads.
More Renee Stone Quotes
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I bear the fruits of your memory in the expression of my art for that is what you gave to the world.
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It takes less for me to be impacted, for my state of being to worsen.
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To the songs you haven’t heard from me. To the pains you haven’t felt for me.
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You wonder why you didn’t do it sooner – why you didn’t clear your mind when the clouds loomed.
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Body and mind aren’t separated. And so all these things I write, they are felt in the aches of my heart.
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People struggle with words that spill and overwhelm you because they themselves are sinking.
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We’re so distant, words can’t save us.
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I grew up learning history about communities that would support their people (the idea that it takes a village), but all I see are so many people left on their own.
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I’m writing on a blank page full of chances and hope.
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Reading has always been my sweetest escape, but I write to convey that which I want to escape or what scares me to say, even if it’s something positive.
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I can’t take it all in or else I’ll grow cold when the heat already escapes my fingers and toes.
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Healing means looking within when you want to move on. Healing means letting go when your grip is too tight.
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When the silence fades and now sounds begin to bloom, I will grow to feel calm again. Healthily this time.
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It’s really hard to grow up wanting to provide people with resources and support and realizing that while I can and will do that – I also need more than I thought I would.
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When you and the world are out of breath, take the steps to ensure your own needs are met. By the moment you know someone can’t on their own, you’ll hopefully be ready to help.
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