Hera Lien

If the idea of people caring about and seeking justice for others—even if they weren’t/aren’t related to the victims and directly affected by the oppression—doesn’t make sense to you, it’s because you never see yourself being one. And it doesn’t make you cool.

I refuse to pray to the same god who’s the reason why I’m praying in the first place. I don’t know if god is real, but I do know that he doesn’t deserve everyone's praise.

Thou art afraid thou art too defensive.

You're afraid you're too defensive.

I refuse to pray to the same god who’s the reason why I’m praying in the first place.

Holding on is like wearing that dress that doesn’t fit me anymore.

They tell me ‘God won’t forgive you.’

Life hasn’t always been fair to me, but who am I to complain?

And to all the hearts I’ve regretfully broken,

Out of all the people you will meet,

For a while, love felt like heaven. 

When I give love that I don’t receive,

I badly want to ask you if there's someone new;