Submerge Quotes

“dear depression
you are a swallowed island.
a continental shelf of grief.
an underwater prison.
a fog holding the sky hostage
and chasing away the blue...”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“i no longer wait for the sea
to whisper your waves back to me...”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“there are no paved roads to healing.
you must build one brick by brick.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“harden and soften me.
flood and quench me.
break me like a levee
and take the shape
of my heart.
this is healing
from the bottom up.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“A true friend watches you bloom and doesn’t resent the sunlight.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“Weightless

I want a love
That feels weightless
In the thick of it all
A hopeful horizon
To stretch my arms out to
A love that never leaves
Me empty handed”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“Soluble

I search for water
In your mouth
To dissolve the salt
Others leave behind”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“For Nina Simone

The trembling
Water of your voice
Is a baptism”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“Like water

I will always remember
To quench you
Be your stillness
And pour myself
Into you like water”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“At first sight

When your eyes meet
Theirs for the first time
You become an ocean,
Waves inside you crash
And drench you in a thing
You’re too afraid to name”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“Formless (haiku)

The water inside
Billowing and cascading
Takes different shapes”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“you used to find refuge in me but now you’re swimming against the current of us.
my desperation grows more teeth
trying to make you stay
and ripping the sinews of my heart.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“mental illness is not a switch you can turn on and off.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“you are not wasted stardust.
do not collapse into yourself.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge

“when the tides of life toss you around, learn to be shaped by the highs and lows. you will emerge weathered but wiser.”
― K.Y. Robinson, Submerge