I’ve never been the same since my brother died. There is a melancholy inside me that never goes away. I’m 50 percent happy and 50 percent sad at any given moment. And the only advice I can give people for when you lose someone like that is…you won’t ever get over it. And the more you know that and embrace it, the better off you are.

— Billy Bob Thornton

• Sorrow Prepares You For JoyDecember 4, 2023
  Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath… Read more: Sorrow Prepares You For Joy
• Do Not Sell Your Soul In Exchange Of AnythingDecember 2, 2023
  Do not sell your soul in exchange of anything, this is the only thing you have brought into this world and the only thing you can take back. — Rumi
• But, Do You Miss The Way Those Lies Tasted?November 30, 2023
  You miss his touch, the way his hands held you, the way his lips became one with yours, the way the lust swelled in his eyes when he looked at you. But, do you miss the way those lies tasted? — Pierre Alex Jeanty from poem Flirting with Lust
• Grieving Is Like Having Broken RibsNovember 29, 2023
  Grieving is like having broken ribs. On the outside you look fine. But with every breath, it hurts. — Anonymous What is my need for you during the light If I couldn’t find you in the darkness. — Kahlil Gibran
• I Have Just Realized That The Stakes Are MyselfNovember 27, 2023
  I have just realized that the stakes are myselfI have no otherransom money, nothing to break or barter but my lifemy spirit measured out, in bits, spread overthe roulette table — Diane di Prima from poem Revolutionary Letter #1