kimberly joy 🌙

“I crave physical affection. I crave skin on skin. play with my hair, hold my hand, touch me, kiss me. I crave you.”

“Sometimes you don’t get closure. You just move on.”

“I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety and fear.”

“There are things we don’t want to happen but have to accept; things we don’t want to know but have to learn; and people we can’t live without but have to let go.”

“Don’t you think there is always something unspoken between two people?”

“Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.”

“Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they’re boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says ‘Sign me up for your boring crap, yes indeed’ – because he likes you anyways. He’ll tolerate your junk.”

“I’m not looking for somebody who will whisper sweet nothings into my ear to feed the ravenous ego of my heart. But someone who can look me straight in the eye and say, I love you, whether you fail or fall, just as you are.”

“You’re terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.”

“It takes courage to say goodbye. To stare at a thing lost and know it is gone forever. Some tears are iron forged.”

adult: what do you want to be when you grow up?

“The moon pours a stream of glitter / Into the depths of my soul.”

When I end up having a bad flare up due to overexerting myself...

“Once someone has let you go emotionally, it’s over, no matter how tightly or desperately you commit to hang on. Better to release yourself from the relationship with your dignity intact, than fight a losing battle and risk lasting damage to your heart.”