Am i meant to untangle the knots in my own muscles? Do they think its as simple as a few tangles in my own hair?
MAGGIE BOWYERI’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.
More Maggie Bowyer Quotes
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Your words hit harder than your fists, Neither missed.
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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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Speak to me again, so I’m writing another poem I’ll never send.
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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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I should have known the moment your lips met mine that we were having an affair with borrowed time.
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On my worst days, my brain tries to trick me into wishing I stayed. It’s really trying to convince me that I didn’t deserve to survive.
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I want to carve my insides out with a rusty spoon. It would be less painful.
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The very act of surviving in a world that does nothing but reject you is an act of revolution.
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I’m actually great at being alone. It was being abandoned that was hard.
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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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Be proud of a body that bares the burden of being buried only to bloom.
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Have I been buried alive by chronic pain? I can taste the dirt as they put me in the earth, thick on my lips like the honey that drips down my lips.
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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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I’m stoned on a nice boat ride. I fake a smile, you fake a life.
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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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