#return to self

[rosemaryprosser]

return to earth, she remembers you (I)

[theblackfemininesociety]

"Is it a rebrand or return to self ?"

Sometimes that rebrand we feel and prepare for isn't really a rebrand, often times it's a sign from our nervous system communicating to us that it's tired. Tired of self-neglect, comparison, and living in survival mode.

Disconnect.

Return to self.

Bloom.

It's time sis.

[theweightofdivinity]

𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆,

𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗱-𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝘂𝗻, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁.

— 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴

[mymidwestheart]

[salivaplathipus]

[lioninsunheart]

"One day the woods will call you back again, 

The brooks, the lakes, the hills, the stars, the rain."

-Hermann Hesse-

[minnalaushee]

Chapter XII: Starfall

In which the Dancer, undone by grief and mourning the deportation that separated her from her love - forcing them into a tragic long-distance affair - decides to break up with the Boy, and chase the light of dreams elsewhere. Her home will always be his arms, and yet...

Stars are falling all around me Like a burden on my back I drag a broken paradise Faithless, I continue down this path Senseless, longing always to turn back A dance into the dark Blind my footsteps, went too far I soar on crystal wings that cannot last So fearful of commitment, yet fearful of new strife My home will always be your arms... But then my dreams shine so alluring From greener prairies so afar Away and veiled, beyond what was So here's the crossroads of our lives Stay or fly? Let me go, or be my graveyard! But this is it - our final dance For there's no point in living if you rarely feel alive! Can you not see? Where dreams have dragged us... Has never been what we sought out There’s sleepless passions all around me! That burst into a violent cloud of thoughts Immune to life, so bright and tangible around us There is but one last course of action - must let go Stars are falling! All around me! And with a brave but broken heart I sail to see what's left inside Boundless, I continue down this path And dauntless, I AM NEVER TURNING BACK! A dance into the dark Tired footsteps, where to fly? I soar on broken wings but they'll suffice For now there's no commitment - welcome, strife... ...My home will always be your arms But then my dreams... Are so alluring -S For M.

[hallsofmaeve]

Elegy

I feel my soul depart my body.

The obliteration of my heart.

Causing Hades holocaust within.

Relentless demons taunting memory

There is no rest. No mercy.

The implacable firestorm persists .

I concede defeat to this eternal flame

With the longing hope nay desperation,

That my soul will return and

No longer weep for this inferno

But enjoy the warmth of these embers.

I wait. I suffer. I endure.

~Maeve