Marjory Qwen Quotes

“The bird asked the tree,
“How do you heal from
a broken heart?”

The tree replied,
“You don’t heal.
Like my leaves,
They come and go.
You wait for the winds to rise,
So they can carry away
All that weighted you down,
Making space
For new growth.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars: Pieces of a Healing Heart

“i used to pluck petals from a single flower, whispering questions i was too afraid to ask. he loves me. he loves me not. over and over, hoping the last petal would tell me what i needed to hear. hoping that if i wished hard enough, i knew love would find me. but the petals fell; i was disappointed, but relieved that there was a garden full of other flowers to try again.

then i met you, and i think of us in reverse. at ten, i hold the flower you gave me. at nine, you pull the first petal. at eight, i wish for things to get better. at seven, you promise they will. at six, i start to doubt. at five, i feel the distance between us grow. at four, i realize i'm the only one holding on. at three, i whisper you love me not. at two, i wait for you to prove it wrong. at one, i let the stem slip from my fingers and walked away.

i am relieved, and disappointed-in the end, i wonder, after all this time, if you ever wished for me the way i wished for you.

you were the one flower i begged the petals to answer differently.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars

“some nights

grief and gratitude

share the same room

but God teaches me

that both can belong
In a healing heart

as long as i keep walking

toward Him”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars