The burns didn’t hurt this badly when we were on fire.
MAGGIE BOWYERSpeak to me again, so I’m writing another poem I’ll never send.
More Maggie Bowyer Quotes
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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 should have known when I started to fall in love, It was never meant to last long.
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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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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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December sinks in like a cold shouldered old friend. I try to stretch, reach my toes, but my own bones feel covered in snow.
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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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The last time you backstabbed me I grew a backbone. I should thank you.
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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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Two showers a day and I’m still a thousand more from washing you away.
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I hope you grow. I hope you change. It almost didn’t fazed me, when you chose her. You always wanted what you ‘have.
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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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My wells have run dry, but not because i miss you any less, I finally accept that this is life.
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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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Speak to me again, so I’m writing another poem I’ll never send.
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