Song of Songs Quotes

“Sometimes I like to be very plain. Invisible almost, hiding in plain sight. I want to hide and to be found.”
― Sylvie Baumgartel, Song of Songs: A Poem

“I am safe here in my body because you are with me because my body is yours and my body is you.”
― Sylvie Baumgartel, Song of Songs: A Poem

“I don’t want to be so sad. I read that you should think of your emotions like everyday objects. I tried it out with a ballpoint pen. I held it, and I pretended that it was my sadness. I rolled it back and forth on my palm. See, it moves! I dropped it. See, it’s just a thing I can drop! But I still felt sad afterward.”
― Sylvie Baumgartel, Song of Songs: A Poem

“I hold on to everything. Will you please help me let go? Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by sadness and anger stuck in my body. Sometimes I want to be other people. Sometimes I hate parts of myself. Sometimes I feel like I am different people. Maybe I have multiple personality disorder. Nope, I don’t, I just looked it up.”
― Sylvie Baumgartel, Song of Songs: A Poem

“I wonder if people look at me and think that I survive just fine. Maybe I do, here I am.”
― Sylvie Baumgartel, Song of Songs: A Poem