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.
MAGGIE BOWYERI’m stoned on a nice boat ride. I fake a smile, you fake a life.
More Maggie Bowyer Quotes
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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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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’m not sure if I’m to blame for all my relationship failures. But when I look at the wreckage I am the only commonality.
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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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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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The grace of being home is that i no longer have to waste energy on looking okay.
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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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The very act of surviving in a world that does nothing but reject you is an act of revolution.
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If we found out tomorrow that oxygen was poisonous I would try to spend forever in your exhales.
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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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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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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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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?
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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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