I taught myself the art of forgetfulness. If they were meant to be remembered, they would have stayed.
MIRA R. ARIDII close my eyes and I see you. I open them, and I’m blind.
More Mira R. Aridi Quotes
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You pull away and suddenly I have more room to grow.
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We reshape our memories into uglier versions because it’s hard to forget them while they’re still beautiful.
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I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
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I run from my thoughts of you and meet them in my dreams.
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Where once there were a few houses between us, now there are seas.
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This is face blindness, but not really it. Among all the faces I see, I could only see yours.
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Maybe that’s why it was so easy for you to break me, you can always tear the pages of an open book.
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I wish I can still hold your hand like I used to. I wish you were still alive.
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I shed skin after skin, seeking my true colors, expecting a rainbow or a stripe of black, but all I get are maps of red. We are all human underneath.
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I’m breathing dreams like air, like there will never be enough of them to fill up the space in my lungs.
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A year has passed, and even after all that has changed, I know one thing hasn’t. I still want you.
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I close my eyes and I see you. I open them, and I’m blind.
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Refrain from giving pieces of yourself to those who get close, for people leave, and gifts that are given cannot be returned.
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You feed me poison in a spoon of gold and I always ask for more.
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You say we’re nonsense together, but nothing makes more sense to me.
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