#relationships quotes

[writethestory365]

[thequietconstellation]

Can you ache for something

you’ve never had?

Reach for it,

and realize it was never there?

Can you grieve something

you’ve never lost?

I believe so.

There is a well

of sadness

that lives within me.

A hunger so deep

it tastes like despair.

Tears fall

for something

that could have been.

Something broke me

long ago,

and left behind a

wretched thing.

So now

I wander the earth,

weeping at the tombstones

of my potential.

Searching everywhere

for the girl

I might have been.

I reach for her—

phantom limbs

despite

despite

despite

that she never existed.

-“Phantom Limb”

I’ve been inactive for awhile, and haven’t been writing as often, but I wanted to share this one. Thank you for reading.

[sholawilde]

[thequietconstellation]

One day,

I think my heart will give out.

Perhaps not in a dramatic

hand to the chest,

final keel-over

kind of way.

But quietly.

I think we will come to an understanding.

I have shared her,

sewn her,

hummed to her

when she beat too hard.

She trusts me

to take care of her

and tells me when

it’s too much.

One day, for her,

perhaps I’ll disappear.

She beats much quieter,

much slower,

in our intimate solitude.

Perhaps there is where I’ll lay her to rest.

I’ll carry her gently

to the arms of death

For all the times

she carried me.

[softchaospoetry]

“Love isn’t something that disappears in one day… I can still love you even if you’re not with me.”

[softchaospoetry]

And I really don’t mind

if your relationship with dirty dishes

and the full sink pile is stronger.

Honestly, that’s the only kind of cheating I support. 😄

[softchaospoetry]

Trapped

in our illusion —

now I carry it alone.

[notesofamt]

A page from Muse De Soul (poetry zine)

This piece is inspired by my tendency to isolate and being selective about who I call friend. I saw two couches on the road being transported simultaneously and I decided to use them as a metaphor for relationships.