I’m actually great at being alone. It was being abandoned that was hard.
MAGGIE BOWYERThe very act of surviving in a world that does nothing but reject you is an act of revolution.
More Maggie Bowyer Quotes
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Your words hit harder than your fists, Neither missed.
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You’d read between my lines, You’d seen truths I had tried to deny all my life. You had read poems that were tucked neatly under my sheets, words I never meant anyone to read.
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You were right I don’t think I was good for your mental health But I highly doubt anyone could be.
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I know I could be a petty queen, I could release all the receipts the way you treated me. But honey I’m happier living in peace than cruelty.
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When you are starved for a moment of relief, you’ll eat their poison by the mouth full, no questions until the digestion leads to new problems.
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I’d rather suffer in silence than be subjected to deafening stares. I feel like I’m in an abusive relationship with my body, no one can see the bruises.
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I can scream into every passing storm cloud, but that will not bring you back. I can yell at god as i sob over crinkled pictures, but all i can grasp are memories.
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I’m stoned on a nice boat ride. I fake a smile, you fake a life.
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I screamed and cried but only because i wanted to make this right. Instead, I sat alone, shivering watching the evening turn into night.
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Be proud of a body that bares the burden of being buried only to bloom.
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I was only ten the first time I remember getting stabbed. My agony pierced the air with a sickening scream.
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There are days I want to pretend you are just a call away.
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There was no way to save her. Believe me i wanted to. But how could I, when I could barely save myself.
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The grace of being home is that i no longer have to waste energy on looking okay.
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You’ve retracted your rays of warmth. You’ve pulled the clouds to cover sunlight. I think everyone is growing more concerned as the days keep passing and you’re still absent.
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