Our memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
STEPHANIE BRIAROur memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
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I pressed the dress to my nose, and found what was left of your ghost. It was then that I remembered how to cry.
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Light finds you just as I once did: an accident that is no accident.
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When I was a child, I used to fear monsters under the bed. I have since learned that most monsters are found within. And they are always worth fighting.
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It quietly stops my breath to realize that my greatest grand gesture, my last, best act of love was to let you go.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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We usually seek the divine in the sky, But religion is best found on the ground. Nature is our true creator.
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As if flesh and skin and hands are any match for bullets. As if bones won’t crack in hails of powder and lead. As if rivers of blood are not the direct result of trigger fingers that bend but do not break on “bad days”.
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You could not keep me fed by throwing me bones and empty promises. I am ashamed to admit how much starving I did before I finally left.
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In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
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Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
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How do you sleep soundly, knowing you traded roses for weeds?
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We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
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I am strong. My heart still hopes. My mind still dreams. My soul still craves pouring energy into everything that I love.
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Creatives are neither born nor created. They are activated.
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The pain of your memory is sharp enough to be felt the nails raked along my back by somebody else.
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