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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18 things for 2018
18 things for finding our way in 2018. (or something like that)
Read MoreAfter the break-up.
The thing about being single is, you should cherish it. Because, in a week, or a lifetime, of being alone, you may only get one moment. One moment, when you’re not tied up in a relationship with anyone. A parent, a pet, a sibling, a friend. One moment, when you stand on your own. Really, […]
Read MoreThe Relationship Prerequisite: Independence
You don’t have to be single, but you do have to be independent.
Read MoreIt’s walls breaking down & light seeping in.
from 2015. Being left is picturing your entire world in a different frame of mind. It’s clock handles slowing and sleep getting shorter. It’s looking at your friends and seeing someone different. It’s jealousy that you never thought you’d have – that you never wanted to have. Of them, of him – of people who […]
Read MoreNumber 4.
Some people I knew and some people I loved.
Read MoreI am your once-was, true love.
from 2014. I am the hint of purple on your neck & the bruises on my own knees I am the crack in your bed frame & I’m trying not to be a mistake. You were half smoked cigarettes I was gasoline on a fire You said you liked when it rained I didn’t want […]
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Love, Ashley. 