“Grown-ups now, we occupy our concrete paths, little griefs buzzing around our ears like mosquitos. We swat them away. We turn our heads, swallowing our sadness whole.” GriefSadnessAnxietyResilienceDenialHardshipFuneralAdulthoodNumbing Book:But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings Source: But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings
“We may have been flawless then— but look at us now. Look how we shine. Look at the map we've made in these fractures— in all the places where the world got its hands on us.” LoveWisdomPainGrowthRelationshipsMarriageResilienceReconciliationBreakupsTime Passing Book:But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings Source: But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings