Quotes by Faheemah Isaacs

I could never imagine loving myselfI could never imagine a personbehind the image I sawwhen I looked into the mirror.Who is this person? I would wonderWho is she?Does she have a name?

I’m not a picture perfect canvas,I’m not a queen on her throne.But there are some dark parts in meAnd I have welcomed them home.

We always expect to experience things on an intimate level. We want to feel intimately, we want to love intimately, we want to breathe intimately. We invest ourselves in moments that reminds us of intimate connections and then we suffer because we are not experiencing it for ourselves. We yearn, we dream, we desire not realizing that love can be friendship too.

The darkness in me began to outshine the light. The darkness in me wanted control. The darkness in me silenced my soul.

Love is such a horrific word. Love is such a magnificent word. Love is something that is lost to me. Love I don’t believe exists for me. I search for it everywhere I go. I search for it in faces unknown. I search for in all that I do. Love is what makes the light shine through. Love has eluded me once more. Love is a very tricky feeling you know. Because love makes me lose my mind in the brokenness of life.

Who is it that you want me to be?Who is it? I ask.O what part of me will amend your mercy?O what part of me will amend your wrath?

How can you be so dark?I asked my heartThe same reason darkness haunts the nightShe replied

I try hard to look at that girl in the mirror,To tell her not to give up.Maybe if she had a better image of herselfshe wouldn’t be so lost in her illusions.Maybe if she had a better image of herselfshe wouldn’t give society a chance to name her.Maybe if she had a better image of herselfshe wouldn’t give herself another name.

I’m Dorian Gray, I’m Dr. Jekyll and I’m Mr. Hyde....I am Dr. Jekyll trying to separate the darkness from my light. I am Mr. Hyde fighting to be in control not to be controlled. I am Dr. Jekyll held captive by Mr. Hyde.I am Dr. Jekyll…I am me… just me.

Pain can make us lash out in unexpected ways.Pain can make us hurt those we care about.Pain can build walls between two human souls.