Pillow Thoughts

by Courtney Peppernell

You became lost sometimes You could be a little unsure You tried very hard But sometimes it didn’t feel like enough. I hate to spoil the ending But You is fine You is still here You is going to make it.

You deserve honesty every day

You deserve to be reminded how beautiful you are.

I have been a little off balance since the day I met you. This is because I had never known what it is like to be perfectly aligned.

I think if you let me, I’d build an observatory just to show you that all the stars in the universe will never shine as brightly as you.

the world goes on even when lovers go their separate ways.

Life is too short for games unless it’s a game of cards.

if I love you, I’ll tell you every chance I get.

Life is unpredictable, and I’d rather play every card as honestly as I can than have a deck full of regrets and what-ifs.

There is power in silence,

Love is not always roses, honey, and tea. Sometimes it is difficult being you, and sometimes it is difficult being me.

Darling, kiss me like you need to feel safe Because my lips want to know all the places you have been hurt So they can make all the pain drift away

You know sometimes it’s the little details that take up the most room in your heart.

I am yours in every life.

if you take love for granted, it will be overturned.

I like to believe whatever world we are in We are in love And together.

Of all the maps in the world, the only one I will follow is the map to your heart.

People should fall in love more.

Fall in love with everything possible.

And if the moon could talk I wonder if he would tell the night Just how lovely she is With all those stars shining bright

I will love you even if we don’t end up together. Even if you walk away from me, I will still love you.

Love makes us both happy and sad, and there is not a soul alive that has been able to understand why.

But the world is exhausted, and the only wealth we have left is love.

I hope you find someone who never makes you question your own self-worth. I hope you find someone who chases your happiness as much as their own.

I hope you find someone who appreciates all the tiny details that make up who you are.

I hope you find someone who reminds you that you deserve the love you give.

Sometimes I wonder of all the goodbyes you’ve ever said if mine is the one you can’t get out of your head.

I didn’t know my bones could ache forever for so long.

They say there’s beauty in sadness but I don’t think so

They didn’t warn me that heartache doesn’t always have someone to blame. Sometimes it’s no one’s fault

I didn’t really think about how forever could end.

I’m caught somewhere between moving on and holding on and not knowing which one I can handle best.

Where do I go when a lover and a friend becomes a memory and a dead end?

All your senses are heightened when you are heartbroken.

You are a ghost, a shadow, only a memory. So much that you wonder if you even existed to them at all.

You spend your whole life convincing yourself you are a chapter worth following, and then someone comes along and doesn’t want to read the ending, and suddenly the whole story falls apart.

When the stars ask you what it is you want, why do you speak of a love that tears you apart? Why do you crave a love that will break your heart? Your soul is never beyond repair, so stay humble and be kind and eventually a love will come along and remind you of why you are alive.

I forgave you for myself. Not for you.

I decided to be selfish too. Selfish in the way I stopped Making everything about you.

When you are wounded, sometimes it’s best to retreat and heal. But do not stay hidden for too long, because all wounds need air.

Stop trying to convince yourself of the things you already know. Your head wants another war when...

But one day I hope you see the love you give yourself heals all parts eventually.

That’s the thing about moving on. You are never going to find a love quite like the one before. The key is to stop wanting the same things and embrace the things to come.

There is no point trying to revive a flame that has long extinguished. You sit at the gravestone of a fire that died out, and yet there is a city of flames burning in the distance.

How does loneliness still exist with all these souls in the world?

But solitude can be a dangerous thing. All that comfort found lost in your own thoughts. It is easy to stay and never return but braver to walk through the tunnel and out the other side.

Imagine yourself a solar system and the sun is your core. You are never going to truly lose the sun. But night does happen, so recharge and be ready to rise again in the morning.

if the things in your head seem a little messy and the things in your heart weigh a little heavy just know that you’ll beat all of these things

And some days it seems hope and despair take turns but despite all our sadness the sun always returns.

the saddest part is that you’re so special but you think I’m lying