“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
STEPHANIE BRIAR
STEPHANIE BRIAR
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Stephanie Briar48 quotes““Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.”
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Let yourself go a little wild, a little rough around through the edges; the human spirit wasn’t meant for carefully-curated perfection.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar I erected cities with adoration on my tongue and you burnt mine down in the wake of your love.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar 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.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar 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.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar If we are what we love, Then I am whatever you are made of.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar I fall headlong into everything that lights me on fire. I know not of restraint. I was born to burn.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Anxiety is living with an apple on your head and you imagine that everyone you know stands watching with a bow to shoot an arrow at it.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar The stars are where we came from. They orchestrated our return to the place we can always come home: our ancient, timeless love.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar You are what it feels like to watch the final silvers of sun fall and die into the silver ocean; tangerine sky giving way to moon-glow and starlight.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar We weren’t written in the stars; all that glitters wasn’t ours.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Our story bleeds from my eyes until I cannot tell the stars from streetlights.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Standing in your power scares a lot of people. You become something formidable, intimating, and aspirational all at once.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Poetry? That’s easy. I just cut the vein, and let it bleed.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Do I look as good as I remember, Looking back at you from over my shoulder, smug as the devil?
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