But I am both nightmare and sin.
NIKITA GILLBut I am both nightmare and sin.
NIKITA GILLThe bad new is, what was shattered may never be possible to rebuild. The good new is, what you make in its place will be better than what was destroyed.
NIKITA GILLGhosts of the person you used to be are so proud of who you are, they live on inside you applauding you for living on despite your scars.
NIKITA GILLPerhaps he should have paid attention to the snakes coiled inside me waiting to strike.
NIKITA GILLI will not give up the flowers in my heart for stones just because the world is a hard place. The world is only hard because it needs more flower hearted people.
NIKITA GILLHow your voice tremors when you speak of loneliness.
NIKITA GILLTake this as your reminder. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear darkness, some wear wounds.
NIKITA GILLLove yourself loudly, dangerously, everywhere people have been afraid to love you, afraid to ask the way to cherish you, afraid to hold you. Love yourself most in these places, because who can be a better teacher to others in how to love you than yourself.
NIKITA GILLI hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad.
NIKITA GILLI used to only pick up a pen for myself but now I pick one up for you too. Is there such a thing as an unselfish love poem? I don’t know, but I’m trying.
NIKITA GILLIf he truly loves you, he will love you when you are an ocean breeze but also when you are a summer storm. You were not made to be loved in parts. You were meant to be loved as a whole.
NIKITA GILLNo one told me love could be a God of both living and dying. That girls who love girls do not just drown, they also float.
NIKITA GILLI hope our daughters are born with so much fire in their souls, they could put volcanoes and stars to shame.
NIKITA GILLTo my children, I will say, ‘Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be kind. But to be brave you will need to know how to stand for something even if you are completely alone.’
NIKITA GILLShe wears strength and darkness equally well, the girl has always been half goddess, half hell.
NIKITA GILLYou can strive to be perfect. Or you can strive to be art.
NIKITA GILL