I don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.
STEPHANIE BRIARTo the oppressed with no seat on the table; dreaming of change and better days, I will pull up a chair, and light fires in your name.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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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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The stars are where we came from. They orchestrated our return to the place we can always come home: our ancient, timeless love.
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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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Our memories lurch to a reluctant halt in their funeral march, so I can pour salt over them one last time.
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Your darkness does not scare me, nor will I run from you; like a star, I’m falling for the phases of your moon.
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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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In my dreams we got past the parking lot; you took me past the old, oak door, led me up onto the vacant altar, and offered me to every god whose name you invoked as you worshipped my body.
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I fall headlong into everything that lights me on fire. I know not of restraint. I was born to burn.
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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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I erected cities with adoration on my tongue and you burnt mine down in the wake of your love.
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The day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
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He’ll keep some daying and tommorwing until he has no tomorrows left. I don’t choose that.
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Do I look as good as I remember, Looking back at you from over my shoulder, smug as the devil?
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Can hope bloom in the shade? Can time give back what it takes away? I once saw the answers to life in your eyes; now I can remember the words to goodbye.
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