Shrimp

““… and we are in bed together laughing and we don’t care about anything.””

“I’m beginning to recognise that real happiness isn’t something large and looming on the horizon ahead but something small, numerous and already here. The smile of someone you love. A decent breakfast. The warm sunset. Your little everyday joys all lined up in a row.”

“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”

“I want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds without reopening them. To name the pain without inviting it back into me.”

“Trust yourself. You have survived a lot. And you will survive whatever is coming.”

“In a world that wants you to live, But wants you to die, So they can put you on the front page, To prove they were right. But this is your chance, To let them all know, You’re not going to give up, As the show must go, On.”