chains-of-light

[chains-of-light]

when you stop people pleasing, people will stop being pleased. and that‘s okay.

[chains-of-light]

no love, however brief, is wasted

[chains-of-light]

love is attained through embarrassing yourself by asking for it instead

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(through gritted teeth) there's so much to learn (through sobs) there's so much to learn (through maniacal laughter) there's so much to learn (through sleepy eyes there's so much to learn (through a tired smile) there's so much to learn

[chains-of-light]

Still looking for something that feels like light, even if its just a flicker.

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Some of it is ugly, obscene and bestial, some of it is pure and holy and spiritual: all of it is myself.

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when lorde said "it feels so scary getting old" and when frank ocean said "we'll never be those kids again" and when taylor swift said "it's supposed to be fun turning 21" and when mitski said "mom am i still young can i dream for a few months more" and when phoebe bridgers said "how can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22" and when haim said "was i fearless at 17 years old or was i faking it?"

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remember being ten and future plans were so far away? and now you have one foot into that future and nothing seems to be right and all you want is to step back but the past keeps crumbling as soon as it's made. there's no going back, there's nothing to go back to.

[chains-of-light]

enjoy being in the process of becoming

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And I understood that if I kept it all up ...

no one would know me.

A dim light far in the distance? No.

To love—I had to be there.

I had to be there to be loved.

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I hope you heal so deeply that you no longer feel the need to make sense of what happened.

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you have to believe that people are inherently good. you have to. why have hearts if not to love, hands if not to hold, minds if not to dream. you can't ignore love. there's some good in this world and it's worth fighting for.

[chains-of-light]

No revenge because I am the love I give, not the love I receive.

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Instead of just looking up into the sky, you're actually gazing down into the infinite cosmic abyss, with only gravity holding you onto the surface of the earth.

[chains-of-light]

"I want to talk about everything with atleast one person as I talk about things with myself."

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Gender is a prison and I chewed through the bars

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some days you build, some days you just survive.

both matter.