I’ll craft a haven that that cradles every joy and sorrow, but doesn’t hold them to keep.
SCHUYLERWe’re in spring and I have learned how to be gentle and sharp; strong bark on budding trees. Hold out your hands. I’ll leave a pink kiss and a pocket knife.
More Schuyler Quotes
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I don’t want to be a saint, I want a love I don’t fight alone to keep.
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I want to wade into the water on the sidewalk, crawl out of this feeling without giving it a name. Take a lighter to love’s sticky edges so its sadness isn’t caught in my throat.
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I’m remembering again, how loneliness has always made me brave.
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Please come here, but not too close.
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I still know the fabric of where I begin and end.
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I never lose pieces of me, I just gain new understanding.
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Meet me where happiness doesn’t feel like a false spring.
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If every feeling comes like a wave, I try to decide what kind of coastline I’ll become.
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How radiant you are, waiting by the window, watching for the sun to grant you more time to dance beneath it. You’ve let yourself dream again. Even if its in bites, even if it’s in a different voice than it used to be.
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I’m writing about moving again, and when I write about moving, I really mean beginning. I’m beginning again.
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The world will be loud again. I’ll notice the loneliness less.
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In a dream, my fingertips pulse. I’ll be patient in my blooming. In a dream, I let time pass through open hands.
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I allow myself to be a weathervane; receive every feeling that greets the shore of me.
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Take me back to the evergreen trees; to the sunlight through the leaves, the bending ferns and fronds. The pitter of the rain, the smooth rocks sleeping under moss. Take me back to the life I know before this body.
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I’m choosing to believe things are getting better again. The give and take of joy, remembering a few days of ache does not mean forever.
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