Fiorella

“Often, when we have a crush, when we lust for a person, we see only a small percentage of who they really are. The rest we make up for ourselves. Rather than listen, or learn, we smother them in who we imagine them to be, what we desire for ourselves. We create little fantasies of people and let them grow in our hearts. And this is where the relationship fails.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Alone in despair

Drenched in sweat
I opened my eyes
I am a burden
I deserve to die
I checked my phone
No one to call
I am a burden
I deserve to crawl”
― Jessica Semaan, Child of the Moon

“I think I keep telling myself
you never loved me at all
because it is far less terrifying
a prospect than the possibility
you did, you really, truly
did, but all of a sudden, and for
no particular reason,
you woke up one day and stopped.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Sadly, too many of us stay together
far longer than we should

because it's easier to say, "I love you,"
than it is to say, "I don't.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose