62 Quotes by Trista Mateer

Walking away from you feels like not taking care of myself.

I hope one daysomebody loves youso muchthat they see violetsin the bags under your eyes,sunsets in the downward archof your lipsthat they recognize youas something green,something fresh and still growingeven if sometimesyou are growing sidewaysthat they do not waste their timetrying to fix you.

My pain has always deserved a voice and I will not deny it that, but I won't devote my life to it either.

I still have a lot of growing to doand I know there is more room for itin your absence.

I know that I am lucky to be alive at the same time as you. I know that finding you was a cosmic needle in a haystack, a joke of Internet cables and telephone wires. But I also know that you are more afraid of opening up than losing me.

I Swear Somewhere This Works In a parallel universe or another world or a different life, we sit across from each other at the kitchen table and go over the grocery list.

I promised no more poetry and I’d rather think of this as a confession: you are still the first person I want to share new things with.

I am as reliable as public transportation. I have hands made of guardrails and a train station heart; it is full of strangers always trying to get somewhere else. It’s not a final destination.

This is what the poems are for: telling other people the things I can no longer tell you.