I held you up higher than myself. It’s time you came down.
If you ever decide to ask why, my answer will be: my arms were too tired.
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To him.
Seeing you now, feels like coming home
And after moving across the country
I know there’s no better feeling than that.
Things you find in the home. (Leaky faucets & road maps).
The body is an interesting place to live in,
and mine has not always held the comfort of a home.
Love & Lakes
How it felt to love you.
Read MoreTalking about avoiding commitment while showing off tattoos.
Single with 2 tattoos and counting.
Read MoreApologies for unanswered letters.
On loving people from a distance when they think you’ve moved on & things that keep you up at night worrying that you were wrong.
Read MorePedestals.
and here’s the thing about
the people around you
being put on pedestals:
from the ground,
it can begin to hurt your neck if you are constantly looking up.
Lust & Love & Last Week
“You can’t have the guy who thinks you walk on water. But you also can’t have the guy who pushes you off the boat…”
“…Unless he jumps in with you.”
Excerpts from a book I’ll one day write. Pt #1.
I am not the girl that you will fall in love with. But I am the girl who will teach you a little bit about love.
Read MoreThem.
I liked him because he chose me when I would definitely not have chosen myself.
He liked me because I stood for everything he was not.
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Love, Ashley. 