Worlds of You Quotes

“But how can you love a person who is not whole? Because you, like the moon, are not only beautiful when full. In all of your phases and fractions and ivory-white pieces, I love you.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“People are oceans. You cannot know them by their surface.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“I still hold onto a small, childish hope that there’s someone out there in this crazy, wild world so completely, utterly meant for me even the stars will sigh, at last! in relief at our meeting.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Sadly, too many of us stay together
far longer than we should

because it's easier to say, "I love you,"
than it is to say, "I don't.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“I think I keep telling myself
you never loved me at all
because it is far less terrifying
a prospect than the possibility
you did, you really, truly
did, but all of a sudden, and for
no particular reason,
you woke up one day and stopped.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“It's been a long, hard road, but I've finally found the closure I need to move on. I've learned to accept that my all is not always going to be enough and love is neither owned nor earned; it either is or it's not. I gave you the world, but you wanted the stars.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“And you said,
"Never forget me,"

as if the coast
could forget the ocean

or the lung
could forget the breath

or the earth
could forget the sun.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“You might not be the first to crawl into my heart, kiss me apart, or share my skin in the dark, but you could be the first one who matters; you could be the first one who lasts.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“A memory
can be a
marvelous getaway
but you must
never make
a home there.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“There was something tremendously powerful about her. Like the sea, it never mattered whether she was still and serene or in the throes of a storm, there was always a danger of drowning.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Often, when we have a crush, when we lust for a person, we see only a small percentage of who they really are. The rest we make up for ourselves. Rather than listen, or learn, we smother them in who we imagine them to be, what we desire for ourselves. We create little fantasies of people and let them grow in our hearts. And this is where the relationship fails.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Be careful.
There are people
out there who will
look at your love
only as a place
to put their pain.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“We carried
the same scars,
and sometimes
that is close enough.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“The problem was
I wanted to be yours
more than I ever
wanted to be mine.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Hello Goodbye Goodbyes take a great deal of courage, but what takes even more is the hello that comes next. To cast your aversions aside despite all you have suffered and take a chance on somebody new. To risk it all again because you see that human connection is precious and rare and always worth the risk.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“You were an unexpected surprise. The defining moment. The collision of stars that slammed into me hard and sent my neat little world plummeting into the ocean. I never expected it to be you, you know? But it is you. It’s all you. And now there’s no looking back.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“My Wandering Mind

I don’t care if what we have
will never be love.
If we weren’t together
in a past life
or written in the stars.
All you need to know
is that when my mind
wanders off
it is always home to you.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“I wanted to be devoured.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“I am little pieces of everyone I have met, but I cherish most the parts that were yours.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“(...) You and I were a perfect fit. We were. There was just too much distance between us to see it.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“You want to know what it was? The moment I knew you were it? It was when I showed you the darkest parts of me, and instead of running away, you rolled out a blanket, lay on your back, and pointed out the stars”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“The hours between
12 am and 6 am
have a funny way
of making you feel
like you're either
on top of the world
or under it.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“A sharp intellect and a heart from hell.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Memory Deleted The sorry thing about loss is it’s not the pain that beats me but the fear the pain will pass. That sooner or later I will pull myself together and move on. That’s the killing blow. To know that someday, no matter how hard I fight it, I will forget how it felt to love you.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“You remind me so much of life’s simple pleasures and everything effortless and sweet in the world. A good read. Fresh, clean sheets. A quick dip in the sea. A cozy, rainy Sunday morning with a hot cup of coffee and no place to be.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Chalkboards The thought of you is ever present. Some days, it is faint and small, like a whisper in the dark, and others, unbearable, like nails screeching down a chalkboard. But, whatever the case, you are always on my mind. Every day, every hour, every minute.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“Chalkboards The thought of you is ever present. Some days, it is faint and small, like a whisper in the dark, and others, unbearable, like nails screeching down a chalkboard. But, whatever the case, you are always on my mind. Every day, every hour, every minute.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose

“I gave you
a second chance.

I ran back into
a burning house
to save the
things I loved.”
― Beau Taplin, Worlds of You: Poetry & Prose