Parm K.C. > Quotes

“i found her. it wasn’t that hard. type in a first name, an occupation - everything is at your fingertips these days. i tried to make myself weep a little less by saying things like she’s not that pretty. since when do you like freckles? blue eyes - how original.”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing

“please do not hate the sun. please do not reprimand her for the way she tugs you out of bed each morning when all you want to do is sleep, and sleep, and sleep. when all you want to do  is be blanketed under your covers and in your sadness. she knows there is more light for you.”
― Parm K.C., Not All in Your Head: Poetry & Prose for Mental Health

“the hardest part is wondering if the reasons you don’t love me are the same reasons i don’t love me. -insecure”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing

“I hope she gets everything that I don’t.”
― Parm K.C., Eggshells

“grief is a beast with unimaginable strength. you wonder how something can clutch you so tightly, but somehow it does. yes, it is strong. but i have faith that you are stronger.”
― Parm K.C., Not All in Your Head: Poetry & Prose for Mental Health

“it’s a little bit hard to coexist with this voice of defeat in my head. it is not a kind companion.”
― Parm K.C., Not All in Your Head: Poetry & Prose for Mental Health

“i learned this the hard way: trusting someone doesn’t mean they are worth your trust.”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing

“i did everything wrong with you. i handed over too much of me. i never said no when i wanted to. i always said yes even when it felt like venom leaving my lips. i could see myself getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller. did nothing to stop it. watched myself become someone else - someone sheepish, quiet, someone i didn’t recognize.”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing

“you can play the part of a happy couple, and pretend he didn’t mean what he said. you can lie to your family and friends – tell them it’s all okay, tell them he adores you, tell them you’re content. but you know. deep inside, you know the truth. and you know he’s not the one.”
― Parm K.C., Eggshells

“on the days i don’t know what to do and the days i don’t know how to heal, i plant seeds in my mind. i imagine myself watering them. i imagine the sun beating down in there. and i hope, pray, believe, that one day flowers will grow.”
― Parm K.C., Not All in Your Head: Poetry & Prose for Mental Health

“it does not feel like climbing a mountain. it feels more like being trapped under one. - walking alongside depression”
― Parm K.C., Not All in Your Head: Poetry & Prose for Mental Health

“it should not be this hard to love someone. it should not be this hard to be loved.”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing

“it seems he only wants me when he wants my body.”
― Parm K.C., Eggshells

“a person is so much more than a promise. make sure you love the person, not their promises. make sure you see the difference between the two.”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing

“begging for love and being in love are not the same.”
― Parm K.C., While You are Healing