8 Quotes by Blythe Baird

Even though trauma has a way of becoming the wallpaper of my head,watch me drag the art out of my suffering.Watch me plant seeds down my spineand bloom into a garden of poetryfrom every horrible thing that has ever happened to me, all the nights my voiceturned to cement and I couldn't say anything-Watch me build an empire from the ashesof everything that tried to destroy me.

Killing yourself slowly is still killing yourself. Wanting to die is not the same as wanting to come home. Recovery is hard work. Not wanting to die is hard work.

I am trying to both be happy and pay attention to the world around me. I do not know if it is possible to do both at the same time.

I cannot let anything be her fault, even if it was. Especially if it was.

This is proof that she cares about something; it doesn't always have to be me.

I do not cry because I have done that before and it did not make anything softer.

This is proof that she cares about something; it doesn’t always have to be me.

I am trying to sleep on the front porch of forgiveness. I am too young to be this lonely. Still, do not mistake all of my honest open for empty. I didn’t leave the door of my love unlocked so you could mistake my sadness for a shelf. I do not have room to carry anyone’s chaos but my own. If I sink, it will be in my own ocean. If I float, it will be on the ship I built with my own hands.