bone

by Yrsa Daley-Ward

Remember on the right night and under the right light any idea can seem like a good one and love love is mostly ill-advised but always brave.

The most important thing to do is not to worry. The lines on your face will never stop the sun from coming up. Your tears cannot affect the weather. There are wars going on. The one in your body is the only one you can be sure of losing or winning, then losing again.

My thoughts about you are frightening but precise. I can see the house on the hill where we grow our own vegetables out back and drink warm wine out of jam jars and sing songs in the kitchen until the sun comes up wena you make me feel like myself again. Myself before I had any solid reasons to be anything else.

She did well at school but large thoughts are a problem when there’s no call for them.

Sometimes the truth has to punch you, twice.

You’d better learn to forgive yourself. Forgive yourself instantly. It’s a skill you’re going to need until you die.

untitled 1 If you’re afraid to write it, that’s a good sign. I suppose you know you’re writing the truth when you’re terrified.