do not place yourself at the bottom of the ladder. you cannot prioritize others if you are not a priority first.

-ahlwords

i am learning to love myself for the time when i need it most.

-ahlwords

there is a difference between struggling to breathe because you can’t, and struggling to breathe because you don’t want to.

-ahlwords

i could technically live without you,

but your love makes me feel alive.

-ahlwords

we’ve been through so much together, and life was never easy.

i stick with you because no matter what, it was always easy to love you.

-ahlwords

i have to learn that if i think something is important, it cannot wait.

even if there is tomorrow, i won’t always have one, and my last day is unknown.

i should do it today.

-ahlwords

they say one person always loves more.

am i the only one who thinks that it is always me?

-ahlwords

only a broken version of me would hear “i love you”

and turn it around to mean the opposite.

-ahlwords

when i wish you the best, i’m wishing that you have the greatest life that you can, since you’ve already given up the best.

-ahlwords

you’re never going to see the flowers of life if you don’t remember why you planted them.

-ahlwords

it was as if you had never seen a person in a rut before,

you had no faith that i could ever crawl out.

or maybe i just know it so well, because i’ve done it so many times before.

-ahlwords

hope is my strength. i know nothing for certain, i just believe in everything instead.

-ahlwords

i have a hard time accepting that what is meant to be will be. i think that me wanting it to happen is plenty good enough.

-ahlwords

even true love can hurt if you think about it too much.

-ahlwords

the future is endless… as long as you openly love others, you will never die.

-ahlwords

i miss the thoughtless peace of childhood where i could wake up each morning and hit replay.

-ahlwords

it is possible to be attached and in love at the same time. as long as i truly love you, i will crave your touch. i will want to see you. i will want to be loved by you. i can be attached to you and be in love with you at the same time.

-ahlwords

love and effort is a two-way street that i refuse to walk on alone.

-ahlwords

in between my sobs, i called out to you.

of course you did not hear me, because you never listened.

-ahlwords

anxiety shrunk my size to that of an ant, i always worry that someone will step on me.

-ahlwords