“who are you when you put it all down for just a moment? when you let your fear fall quiet. and you let your anxious heart settle. and you let a little trust in. and when you let your soul breathe… and maybe even dream a little. what if somewhere in the way that all feels is who you really are. and what if there is another life in it you're meant to find… one where your breathing is allowed to be so easy and the stars are allowed to be so close and your heart is allowed to run so wild and your dreams are allowed to burn so. bright. what if somewhere in the way that all feels is what it's meant to be like. what if… what could it all be like? maybe let yourself feel it, even if for just a moment; who you are when you let all of your fears fall away.” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“the way you say things to me... it makes me want to know anything you have to say about everything, really. your voice, your thoughts... all the things you know.” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“the way i used to bite down into your chest when it got to be a little too much… that’s how i had to chew you out of my heart when the hurt became too much.” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“i think you have to chase it. that thing that tells you... keep. going. that there are wilder sunsets and more colors to know. that there are still answers for what's pulling at you. that the emptiness and heartbreak aren't where love will leave you because somewhere there is a lover who will kiss you like you have poetry and addiction on your lips and who needs your touch and taste like mercy on their soul. and there are all those virgin, unfelt things in you; still untouched and tender and unfolding. so you have to keep searching. for all that soul stuff. until your intangible aches are in the flesh, and that fire within you is spilling all around you... i think you have to keep going.” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“there are things i am learning not to apologize for… – the way i express myself – the way i am discovering myself and growing into myself – the way i take up my own space… the space that is meant for me – the things someone may not like about me, but that i like about me …because none of these things are anything wrong with me. they are things that are right in me. and those are things i should never have to be sorry for. – butterflies rising” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“just you and me... and that up against the wall, in the back seat, under the stars, lost in the moment while the rest of the world fades away, kind of kissing” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“…maybe it’s brutal when you have to let it fall from your hands, but god, how beautiful it feels while you’re holding it.” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising
“there is nothing about the way another woman unfolds into her own space that takes away from the way you can unfold into yours. you don't need to try to dim any other woman's brightness or put out any other woman's fire; you only need to look inside and light up your own.” Butterflies Rising Author:butterflies rising