5,371 Quotes About Growth

i walk intoa poemand walk out someone else.— writing

i want to keep our body above water.you want to make us a fish.— fish

the prayers where we do not wish others well.for all the brilliant. fetid. noxious. reasons.the prayers we want to wash from the sky. as soon as they leaveour imagination.the ones born with no bones. so they leave no trace.the harmful prayers. we pray.becausewe have been harmed.we are forgiven those too.— the soft law (forgiveness)

i have a life to garden.a multiverse to wake from sleep.— giants

you lose everythingwhen you don’t love yourself- and gain everything when you do

there are whole blackoutsin some of the years i have livedmy therapist says our minds erase traumato help us move onbut every experience i’ve hadis memorized in my flesheven if my mind forgetsmy body remembersmy body is the map of my lifemy body wears what it’s been throughmy body signals the alarms whenit thinks danger is comingand suddenlythe hungry little demons from my pastcome raging out of my fleshscreamingdon’t you forget usdon’t you ever try toleave us behind again

how can i be socruel to myselfwhen i’m doing the best i can- be gentle

i am not a victim of my lifewhat i went throughpulled a warrior out of meand it is my greatest honor to be her

sometimesi love you meansi want to love yousometimesi love you meansi’ll stay a little while longersometimesi love you meansi’m not sure how to leavesometimesi love you meansi have nowhere else to go