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 IVERSENExperience has taught me to tell the difference between a man that wants to tame me, mute my voice and claim me, and a man that is bold enough to let me be free.
More Gemma Iversen Quotes
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I sell my pain in beauty. Wrap it in words. Package it in pleasantries, and deliver it in verse.
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Lets conduct a study. Let’s pull up a jury. Are you a beautiful person? or inclined to wanton fury.
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And again I’m in your arms. Searching your skin for some small comfort. Your touch, this time, is love’s purest tender. Your hold, for now, is a fortress I feel safe in. Maybe, once more, I can call your body home.
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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?
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and watch me spark like a match tossed to tinder.
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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.
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I wished for nothing more than the warm crushing of your hold. It would be strong enough to shield me from the world as I grew old.
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Experience has taught me to tell the difference between a man that wants to tame me, mute my voice and claim me, and a man that is bold enough to let me be free.
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Do I need you? No. But I want you. Like the fish seek warmer waters and the birds the brighter skies.
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But are they protection or a cage? These ribs that ensnare my heart so.
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Deep within, I still exist; a brighter, happy me. Just look beyond my outer casing.
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You’re a beautiful enigma and warmed in charming wit.
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Somedays, I just need to switch it all off, and turn to the trees.
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He loves me. He loves me not. Perhaps I’m one that fate forgot. Perhaps I wasn’t made for this, to lose myself in love’s first kiss.
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Go on then, color me broken whilst I feign my surprise. Let me summon some sorrow for this wreckage inside.
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