I’ve come to see that life does not only exist where you do. There’s sense of life here too.
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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I taught myself the art of forgetfulness. If they were meant to be remembered, they would have stayed.
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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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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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I’ve always had a fear of endings, but it comes as relief to me that among all the dying things, I am one too.
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How is it that we mourn the shattered pieces of the love we willingly broke?
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No matter how astray the becoming might be, I’ll never search for the old in me.
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I close my eyes and I see you. I open them, and I’m blind.
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Perhaps their voices never leave us and we spend our lives fumbling for quiet corners where we can hear them most.
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You pull away and suddenly I have more room to grow.
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Lay your head on mine and let me breathe you instead of air.
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I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
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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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And when you win all wars of life, there will remain the one you must lose. Time.
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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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