Atheists Who Kneel and Pray

by Tarryn Fisher

“If there’s no one to protect you, you have to protect yourself.”

“There is no moving on when you’re truly in love. You try and you keep trying, but that love is a stain on your life. It’s just not that easy.”

You shouldn’t grow to like the feel of a man’s hand on your body because it would soon be gone, and then what would you do?

“You don’t have to be enough for me or anyone. I love you as you are. I don’t want you to ever feel pressured to be something for me. That takes the ease out of real love.”

It’s not true what they say, that you can only give your heart away once. That’s the philosophy of the young. The old know better, they know it’s not the heart that you give away, but the mind. Fuck…shit…the mind is a powerful thing. It controls the heart, but most people don’t know that.

It’s when you can’t get someone out. They crawl inside you and they just live there for the rest of your life.”

You don’t forgive because they deserve it. Most of the time they don’t. You forgive to keep your heart soft. To move forward without bitterness. Forgiveness is for you.”