Saying someone CAN'T be sad
because someone else might have it worse
is just like saying
someone CAN'T be happy
because someone else might have it better.

"I read them all one day
when loneliness came,
and you were away.
Oh they told me nothing new
But I love to read
the words you used."

'Suicide is the only thing, you can control in your life.
And that's why it's considered a sin.
Because you're beating God
At his own game.'

'..I did it because I know that revenge is a meal we prepare for someone else...

..and somehow the chef always ends up starving..'

It teaches you that by saying' the wrong things, you could end someone's life.

I don't want to see stores looted or even buildings burn. But African Americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer. Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible - even if you're choking on it -until you let the sun in. Then you see it's everywhere. As long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands. But we have to stay vigilant because it's always still in the air.

And just like that, I realized that my old scars never truly healed,
because they bled again at a single word.

I'd like to know the stories,
that you carved into your skin
But I'd hate to ask you to live them again.

are like a slow website.
They might be the coolest site, but usually, people don't wait that long for them to open.

"Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge"

She loved him the same way that she learned how to ride a bike.
Scared...but reckless.

Maybe we admire the sky,

Because no matter how hard the storm

It will always return to how it was before.

For your own good, walk away. I mess everything up.
I'll probably push you away, that's my thing.
I just don't want to hurt you. So please, I'm begging you...
Don't enter my life.

The thing about masks is that someone always sees the string behind your head.

made all of his young lovers tragically die...

because he realized some people are only meant to sleep together
six feet under ground.

"When she broke your heart, did she also CRACK your spine so you would always fall in her direction?"

"When I lean my ear
up against your seashell heart,
I can hear an ocean of love
roaring inside."

"some people feel the rain, others just get wet."

hurt people,
HURT people.

Someone once said that, "When you avoid the conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself."

"is the drunk guy at the party who tries to fight everyone.

America says nothing and pretends they didn't ride in the same car."

"When you're all alone, even devils seem to be friendly."

She wasn't even asking for happiness, she was just asking for a little less pain. But, you couldn't even give her that?

is like a sandwich: no matter which way you flip it, the bread comes first.

Some people aren't good at asking for help, they're so used to being 'the helper.' Throughout their life they've experienced an unbalance give and take, so their instinct is usually "I'll figure it out on my own". The self-reliance is all they've ever known.

The only reason why i stay in my room is because it feels so safe in there. No one yells at me and no one judges me. I can be me without any fear.

"where we are all born free and spend a lifetime becoming slaves to our own false truths."