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.
STEPHANIE BRIARCan 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.
More Stephanie Briar Quotes
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How do you sleep soundly, knowing you traded roses for weeds?
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To 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.
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The search for external sources is nothing compared to internal forces.
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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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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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In the absence of you I look to the moon and pray that the stars light my way, too.
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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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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 was looking for you in all the places our love used to be. When all along I should have been looking for me.
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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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Do I look as good as I remember, Looking back at you from over my shoulder, smug as the devil?
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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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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.
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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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