do not fucking apologize for who you are (men rarely do)

you cannot live like you are fighting a war you cannot win every day your heart will give out long before the decisive battle

like building a temple on top of sand dunes - you deserve a permanent home for your self-worth.

instead of pretending to offer me the moon, you left so i could find someone who would happily take me there and back.

you pulled fire out of water.

being told you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders when all that you hold is a feather.

and though it resolutely does not feel like this. just know that there is so much more. love. out there. waiting for you. that does not...

i bend but i don’t break.

which of us leaves this earth quite unscathed?

cry. do it because as my college roommate said, better out than in. cry until it feels like your body has no more water to give, but know...