Toxic love for those of us who have endured it all of our lives is as normal as behaviors can come. Growing up, I honestly couldn’t tell you if I ever saw my parents actually in love. I quite frankly didn’t see a lot of love around me, for most of my family had all…
22 things I learned in 22 years
I remember sitting in my bedroom and writing a very similar post when I was 16 years old. It is so mind-blowing that I am 22 years old, I do not feel this old at all! Of course, when I was 16 I probably had fewer breakups, jobs, college courses, house mortgage bills, and money…
Art Museum
When my consciousness wanders and I reach the dark, and dreary corners of my mind, I find you there. I truly had such high hopes for what we were to accomplish and become as a couple. There are some nights that still feel so empty and depressing without your warm touch accompanying me. I still…
Acceptance
I have always had such a strong passion when it comes to wanting to be accepted, or feeling as if I am being accepted in others' lives. I feel at first, it started with not getting my parents' acceptance. Being a twin and having an older sister is never simple. I tended to feel like…
Moon Phases 🌖
How did you manage to encapsulate every fiber of my being? I saw your true colors from the beginning, smearing paint of all vibrant colors within the walls of my heart. I should’ve known you would’ve destroyed me from the very start. But you see, manipulators like you know how to secure their victims. You…
Take me back to the night we met
The Friday we met, Will be ingrained into my memory until the end of time. For the love that was felt so deeply within my heart, mind, and soul struck my core so effortlessly. This love will haunt me until the day I die. If only my love, we could have crossed paths at a…
You said the gun was mine.
I don’t expect you to understand the unfathomable feelings that graced me the day you left. You left me crushed. I didn’t want the others around me drowning in my emotions that I no longer knew how to tame. The scene was set for you long before you perpetrated the act of doing so. Your…
The Butterfly Effect
I have just recently discovered how The Butterfly Effect has a tremendous impact on my daily musings, and thoughts on life. Months ago, I was in the depths of despair. I had lost many magnificent people in my life; sometimes even for unknown reasons. The man I was infatuated with, vanished from my life. As…