I fall headlong into everything that lights me on fire. I know not of restraint. I was born to burn.
STEPHANIE BRIARStanding in your power scares a lot of people. You become something formidable, intimating, and aspirational all at once.
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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 day I made peace with my pain was the day I was born again.
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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 the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
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When you focus on directing your energy away from harm and toward healing, you feed the soul and starve the ego.
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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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Trauma has deep roots indeed, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pull the weeds.
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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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Poetry? That’s easy. I just cut the vein, and let it bleed.
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“Ashes”, we once thought, but the embers in our eyes might have bought us time.
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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 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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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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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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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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