“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
(~Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay)
She laid on my chest & her breathing filled me almost to beyond what I could hold.... (~Brian Andreas, Story People)
Sitting there in your pajamas & all the time in the world & if I could keep any moment it would be this: watching you & holding my breath with the wonder of it all.... (~Brian Andreas, Story People)
There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said, though some days I’m louder about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that. (~Brian Andreas, Story People)
She held her grief behind her eyes like an ocean & when she leaned forward into the day it spilled onto the floor & she wiped at it quickly with her foot & pretended no one had seen. (~Brian Andreas, Story People)
The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same. (~Brian Andreas, Story People)
As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age & have no time for poetry. Still, I offer a quiet prayer of thanks for the sunlight each time I see your face. (~Brian Andreas, Story People)
