.Finding Myself.

“Don’t confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s OK; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you.”

“The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured coziness.”

I remember the walls falling, Like Rome’s gladiators, All the salty tears and grimy sweat, The abyss of fear and crimson stains, From hearts breaking open, Breathing, beating, outside their cages, I remember the washing of peace, That collide into our souls, As we lay naked, completely exposed.

Casualty

“It’s not what you say to everyone else that determines your life. It’s what you whisper to yourself that has the greatest power.”

“If there is one thing I could plant in your heart, it’s that you matter, you’ll always matter.”

And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.