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“Is the past ever truly gone? Are memories a living part of me? Reconstructing, shifting, non-conforming…every day.”

“To live with incompleteness is the first lesson I learn from my wandering roots.”

“I still want to pick the fight.
That I’ve lost many times.
I want to return home crying,
to the house that has already crumbled.”

“Feeling fragmented, feeling tired, feeling invisible, feeling torn.”

“Standing at the top of a tremendous year, I dare to be soft again. All my life, I’ve tried to be protected. Be impervious. But I am soft. And I will be free. I am as I am, nothing more, nothing less.”

“I forgave someone because I could. When I couldn’t, I made sure, to remember why.
I made something. I read more.
I helped others fall in love.
It’s at times like this…I miss you so much.”

“I said, I’ll ask more questions, and look for more answers, and know there are many people in the world, that I haven’t met yet. They could hurt me, they could also love me; just like everyone else, we’ve already known.”

“My inheritance of violence, secrets, unspeakable pain…am I capable? Will its content consume me?
In my dream, I let it go…”

“I’m not afraid, even if it’s true, that there is no place for me. My home is in my heart. No one can take it away from me. I am who I am. My home is in my heart.”

It’s been three years since my mother told me she’ll never accept my sexuality. I don’t forgive her for it. It’s not okay with me-I want her acceptance. However, I’ve learnt something new, you can’t always expect people to change. I can try, but some people may never change.”

“My parents fight so much. And when I spend time with them I become miserable and toxic, just like them!”
“Honestly, I think it’s too late for them to ruin your life…you’re awesome now.”

“We created monsters to protect us from the dark. (To) tell someone about your nightmares. Let their monsters protect yours.”

“They want one voice, one wall. And fear in our dreams. It’s important to be mad, it’s important to be sad, it’s important to be angry and lost. And to carry in dreaming of what you love.”

“I feel like I’m stuck being the ‘now me’ (invisible, unworthy, confused, trapped). How do I get to the other side? How do I become future me? (I’m seen, free, still learning, worthy of everything) I was here all along.”

“Like a climbing vine, however weak, however unwanted, however forgotten, I am always looking for a space to exist and grow”