12 Quotes by K.Y. Robinson

dear depressionyou are a swallowed island.a continental shelf of grief. an underwater prison.a fog holding the sky hostage and chasing away the blue...

there are no paved roads to healing.you must build one brick by brick.

harden and soften me. flood and quench me. break me like a levee and take the shapeof my heart.this is healingfrom the bottom up.

the art of letting you go hasn’t been a graceful one.

i no longer wait for the seato whisper your waves back to me...

you used to find refuge in me but now you’re swimming against the current of us.my desperation grows more teeth trying to make you stay and ripping the sinews of my heart.

when the tides of life toss you around, learn to be shaped by the highs and lows. you will emerge weathered but wiser.

you are a natural phenomenon—not a natural disaster.

you are not wasted stardust. do not collapse into yourself.