More breath than mind. More moon silk than sunbeam. More bone than break.
ALYCE TAYLORMy body has forgotten what my own warmth feels like and the ice on my skin has frost bitten all those who have tried to hold me.
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Take refuge in your own arms. Collapse into the protection of your own body. It’s the safest home you will ever know.
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Those who are unkind to themselves will not appreciate your kindness. Do it anyway.
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The less thinking. The more breathing. Stay in this space a little longer.
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Poetry is not something you try to grasp with your mind and wrap yourself around to figure it out.
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You reach a dangerous level of independence the moment you realize you are beating.
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Focus on loving and accepting others more than your own need to be loved and accepted by others.
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I know our bodies were engagement in the act of sex. But did you hear how loudly our souls were making music?
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If you are in need of a safety net-sit with your own heartbeat for a little while.
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You were so gentle with my messy burdens, my tender wounds and the cracks in my broken soul that I became gentle with them, too.
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I tried and tried to blow out the flame of a candle but it would not budge, it reminded me of us.
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I can feel hope beginning to sprout from all parts of me that were once punctured.
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Swirl me around in your teacup and drink me until tiny particles of my sugar are encrusted on your lips.
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Calmness will always produce solutions. No revolution ever began without a sharp exhale.
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Hearts don’t forget.
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Don’t strive to become more. Strive to become whole.
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I stepped into love with grace. I stepped out of love with grace. The beginning was beautiful. The ending was beautiful.
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There is a reason I cannot stay away from you. I think it is because you are a little more soul than you are human.
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Our greatness mistake was starting with potent lust, and allowing it to drip into lust.
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Beneath your mind chatter is your very own grounded wisdom. Open yourself to it.
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I will never take for granted these eyes that allow me to witness the rare magic that you are.
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I removed the dagger and used it to carve out a new life.
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For every breath that catches the attention of my lungs – I am grateful.
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Even if you were to lose it all – you would still be art.
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It is a paradox, you see the act of giving is what fills you.
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On the days I felt like I was going crazy he looked at me and said maybe its the rest of the world that’s crazy.
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My heart died in your hands and resurrected in my own.
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