I still know the fabric of where I begin and end.
SCHUYLERHold me here, where I feel less like a stranger to my own laughter. Where it’s easier to believe things happen for a reason or maybe, at least, out of a thousand winding roads my life might take, I will still find one that fits me.
More Schuyler Quotes
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The world will be loud again. I’ll notice the loneliness less.
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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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I descend into an unopened sky, the ocean floor, the final embrace of a graveyard. Find your fill of me before my blue pales like a sour moon.
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I’m thinking about how early the spring flower buds rise up from the grass; just barely on winter’s heels. How uncomfortable, how cold the soil must be, still half-frosted, when the roots start to take shape.
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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 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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Your anger, your sorrow, your fear, are okay to feel through, no matter how big it feels now.
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This does not have to be a hard life to love. There is not enough time to let it stray too far from my hands.
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In a dream, I’m holding you close and when I wake, I do. How lucky, to want and have.
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I never lose pieces of me, I just gain new understanding.
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I know I could be an astronomer of this swooning.
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I’d get lost in this green, ferns leaning against the trees, soil stuck to my feet, never dream of finding my way back again.
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I’ll craft a haven that that cradles every joy and sorrow, but doesn’t hold them to keep.
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I allow myself to be a weathervane; receive every feeling that greets the shore of me.
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Hold me here, where I feel less like a stranger to my own laughter. Where it’s easier to believe things happen for a reason or maybe, at least, out of a thousand winding roads my life might take, I will still find one that fits me.
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