Ashley Sager

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an old poems from All The Lights Went Out 💡 — — #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poemsporn #writing #poets #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/B5uEoCRlPS6/?igshid=hpqd8owxo51u

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i straightened my hair last week for the first time in 2+ years!! pls enjoy this random selfie I took https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oTeUclFWX/?igshid=19xj572y4p63i

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i’ve never been one of the girls who sat around imagining her wedding day. never thought about the “perfect dress” or even the “perfect guy” and then i met you. and i became a dreamer. — #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poemsporn #writing #poets #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/B5WkmqOlnNQ/?igshid=zyajtisa1w7z

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sharing an old(er) poem from my book, All The Lights Went Out 💡 thinking about my new book and how much has changed since the last one. good change. bad change. and everything in between. — #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poemsporn #writing #poets #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity (at Brust Park Bike & Hike Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5EXq3FlX4O/?igshid=ljwgonu9dppv

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How To Never Get Out Of Bed

1. Think of the way his hands felt in your hair.

2. Remember the way his body curved around yours, and you thought it was perfect.

3. He never thought it was perfect.

4. Remember holding his hand when he would say, "I never want to let go of you."

5. He was a liar too.

6. Think about the first time you went to his house. A straight shot, turn once or twice. Ten minutes.

7. Drive by on your way home from work. Wonder who the blue car in his driveway belongs to.

8. When you sleep at night, dream about the girl who might be stepping out of that blue car. Wonder to yourself, "Who is she? What does she have? Why am I not her?"

9. Tell yourself you were never enough. Not for him. Not for anyone.

10. Drink beer or vodka or whatever you're into these days from the time you step foot in your house to the time your body touches your bed.

11. For god's sake, just take a beer to bed. It'll be there when you wake up.

12. Tell yourself you have to stay in bed because your head is pounding so hard you can't even remember his name.

13. But that's what you were going for, and now you just have the stench of beer and cigarettes following you around.

14. With every breath you take, a cough follows, and you're just trying to figure out if it's from missing him more than breathing or from the cigarettes you've been swallowing down every minute.

15. Take a day off. Take care of yourself. Forget about him. Don't forget about you.

- Ashley Sager

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this started as a text message to a friend — — — #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poemsporn #writing #wordswithqueens #poets #poetsofinstagram #writingcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/B43qfB1F74e/?igshid=1aa3eb57824lm

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Stop.

You don't deserve to put your hands on me. You don't get to feel the fabric of my shirt and wish your hands were underneath it. I didn't wear this bra for you. I didn't wear anything for you.

You can't tell me not to worry anymore. The last time I heard those words, we were folded together on your couch. You wanted more. But I didn't have any more to give.

You can't ask me if I'm okay anymore. I stopped being okay the moment you tripped me on my way out of your apartment door, and you know that.

Stop.

You can't tell me you're sorry when you ignored me until I pried the truth out of you. I wanted to give you exactly what you wanted. You didn't even try to break it gently.

- Ashley Sager

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When You See The Man Who Sexually Assaulted You | Harness Magazine

He doesn’t know. He doesn’t know I am afraid of him until I tell him except he thinks it is because someone else hurt me. The idea of him hu

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okay I wrote SIX poems tonight after not write anything for weeks, which is ?? amazing. here’s a part of one.

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We have two Mondays until All The Lights Went Out is available for purchase, so without further ado, the second section of poetry is called The Darkness. Following The Flickering, The Darkness features poems that are all pretty much sad. Or angry. Or deprecating. The poems in this section express that feeling when things have gone sour, when you’re feeling lost, when the world doesn’t even make a slight bit of sense, when the lights have gone out and all around you is darkness. This week, I’ll be sharing some information about this section as well as poems featured in it or poems that didn’t quite make it into the book 💡 (2/3) 💡 #poetryofig #poems #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetsofinstagram #spilledink #anxiety #atlwo #allthelightswentout #ashleysager #poetrybooks

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This poem, had it be written in time, would have made it into The Flickering section of All The Lights Went Out 💡 Hope you like it! Currently playing: Shaking In The Dead Of Night by @vinyltheatre — — — #poetry #poems #poetryofig #poetrycommunity #ashleysager #atlwo #poetrybooks #music #spilledink #writing

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A page from The Flickering in ATLWO 💡 — — — #poetrycommunity #spilledink #poetryofig #ashleysager #atlwo #poetry #poems #writing #writersofinstagram #poetrybooks #allthelightswentout

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We have three Mondays until All The Lights Went Out is available for purchase, and there are also three sections in ATLWO. The first section of poetry is calling The Flickering. The Flickering features poems that aren’t all sad but aren’t quite happy either. Much as a lightbulb flickers before going out, the poems represent that feeling when things start going bad, when you start feeling sad, when the world stops making sense, when the lights start to falter. This week, I’ll be sharing some information about this section as well as poems featured in it or poems that didn’t quite make it into the book 💡 (1/3) 💡 #poetryofig #poems #poetrycommunity #poetry #poetsofinstagram #spilledink #anxiety #atlwo #allthelightswentout #ashleysager #poetrybooks

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21 days until you can have this in your hands ✨ — — — April 13th. #poetry #allthelightswentout #atlwo #poems #poetryofig #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #spilledink #ashleysager #poetsofinstagram #poet #bookstagram #bookrelease

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This is my first timing seeing the book in person, and I’m quite proud of the way it turned out. I hope you love it as much as I do. 💡 All The Lights Went Out, available April 13th 💡

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some days, you’ll oversleep and be late to class or work, you’ll look like an absolute mess, you’ll fail your biggest exam of the year, you’ll drop your phone in a puddle outside, you’ll say the wrong thing at the wrong time, you’ll lose the person you thought was the love of your life. you’ll cry your eyes out and feel so completely hopeless because everything seems like it’s going wrong, but even on those days, you’ll have people that love you. and some days, that’s all that matters. and that’s okay.