not enough

Our true selves lie not within our rage. It lies within our calm, in peaceful times. When everything is quiet and somber, we see how each closing of eyes happen. We disconnect from the world and it's only us within us.

“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”

“I need to stop thinking about you, because I know you’re not thinking about me.”

“Love lies in those unsent drafts. Sometimes you wonder whether things would have been different if you’d clicked ‘Send’.”

“You are the home and I am the wilderness.”

“I hope when your heart beats it’s last, mine does as well. I hope when you breathe your last, I do as well. I hope that when you leave this world, I do as well. I don’t want to stay in a world that doesn’t have you in it. Your soul is part of mine. I don’t think it could handle breaking apart.”

“Over the years, I’ve been groomed to care for you. I was taught that my lessons could keep you from making the same mistakes. I thought I had the power to lessen your pain by teaching you of mine. I thought my laughter could inspire you to take life less seriously, because I spent too many years feeling tense over frustrations I couldn’t control. I thought my love for you could teach you about the unconditional bond of siblings but you don’t give a shit. I have been groomed and trained to love you unconditionally and I have nothing to show for it but tears.”

“Abbiamo condiviso tutto: genitori, casa, animali, festeggiamenti, catastrofi, segreti. I fili della nostra esistenza sono ormai talmente intrecciati che resteremo unite per sempre. Non potrò mai sentirmi completamente sola, sapendo che sei sul mio stesso pianeta..💫”

“Era civetta, tuttavia, di una civetteria aggressiva e prudente, che non andava mai troppo lontano. Le piacevano i complimenti e si compiaceva di suscitare dei desideri, purché potesse sembrare di ignorarli; e quando in un salotto si era sentita per tutta la serata incensata dagli omaggi, dormiva bene, come una donna che ha compiuto la sua missione sulla terra.”