Marisa Donnelly

Today, I will remember to be still. To take in the beauty around me and release what is not mine to fix, or heal, or change.

I am no longer afraid to let go of what will never be, and accept that I am stronger because of what happened, and deserving of far more than you could ever give.

You have to give yourself permission sometimes—permission to fail, permission to fall for the wrong person, permission to be fearless and maybe not have it all figured out

Let the past be the past, and watch ‘what could have been’ simply float away. Give life the chance to surprise you, teach you, heal you, as you willingly shed the heaviness that’s been holding you back for so long.

It’s time to see yourself as the wonderfully complex being you are—flawed but original, imperfect but beautiful.

You were one of the brave ones, fighting for love in a world that’s searching so desperately for it, but hides nonetheless.

Pisces: Day-dreamer. Hopeless romantic. Empathetic. Worries about what everyone’s thinking literally all the time. Will probably love you harder than anyone, but will definitely dive in too soon and too fast.

You forgive yourself for the ways you’ve fallen short and learn to show grace to yourself, even when you feel unlovable.

We will not always put you first.

I feel sorry for you. For her. For what the both of you had the potential to be, but never became. A close-but-not-close-enough, a halfway connection, an almost-love.

And why is it that I’ve become so accustomed
to the thought of my life
without you in it?

Pisces:
“we
return to each other in waves.
this is how water
loves.”
— Nayyirah Waheed