A Frustrated Hope

These words will heal me

[thebookandtealady]

sometimes loneliness is years of solitude and solace.

[thebookandtealady]

I never saw a wild thing, sorry for itself

A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough

Without ever having felt sorry for itself

D.H. Lawrence Self Pity

[thebookandtealady]

Speaking indifferently to him,

Who had driven out the cold

And polished my good shoes as well.

What did I know, what did I know

Of love's austere and lonely offices?

Robert Hayden Those Winter Sundays

[thebookandtealady]

We were young. We were kids. We were infinite and terminal. Worldly and innocent. But we were not invincible and we did not feel so. Only each other. That is what mattered. We were together.

[thebookandtealady]

There was nothing she could say to entice me. I would snatched my freedom no matter what.

[thebookandtealady]

I don't pretend anymore.

[thebookandtealady]

I told her that even though the truth was freeing, silence was too.

[thebookandtealady]

I realized that at one point in my life my happiness was my own responsibility.

[thebookandtealady]

Why didn't you come after me?

[thebookandtealady]

As the leaves turn, my mind turns to you and our younger selves that never learned to hide the emotions in our eyes.

[thebookandtealady]

I'm sleeping more and eating again.

Aron Wright Build It Better

[thebookandtealady]

I keep reminding myself that this season is not about retreat but renewal.

[thebookandtealady]

We were too hard on ourselves back then.

[thebookandtealady]

You loved me even when I thought I was ugly.

[thebookandtealady]

Today I found a place I'd once been.

[thebookandtealady]

Even if they have changed, you can still say no thanks.

[thebookandtealady]

Sometimes in my dreams we are still kids playing in the place where we grew up, still playing those same kids games. And when I wake up, I am happy and sad because I got to see you again.