Poems for the Signs Quotes

“i don't wanna be with anybody
who weaponizes my vulnerability
saves it in a wooden box
loads it in a shotgun
when I least expect it”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“emptied my cup to fill up yours until i learned that there’s no point in watering something that doesn’t want to grow”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i will be the last woman in my family to be used as a pin cushion a mirror a reflection of a man’s wounds”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“some days i cannot see
where my mother ends
and i begin”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“you can understand
where someone is coming from
and still not accept how they treat you”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i’ve been shining for others
for so long that
i forgot what it felt like
to shine for myself the star”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“be love. embrace love in all forms. let go of fear of love. realize love is all you need. create a life full of romance. light candles and incense. wear perfume. buy yourself gifts for no reason. be open to receiving. realize that the only person who can stop you from living your dream is you. and you are deserving of a life worth dreaming about.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“sometimes the best thing you can do for the people you love is take care of yourself”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“my wrist to your lips feel my pulse in your mouth always faster than it should be”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i'm sorry that your first heartbreak was from someone who was supposed to love you the most. you deserved to feel love as soon as you came to this earth. i'm sorry that the people who were supposed to take care of you couldn't love you in the way you needed. i'm sorry that everyone you've ever loved has hurt you. i'm sorry that you find it hard to love knowing that it always ends in heartbreak. but i hope one day you are loved the way you deserve to be, and i hope one day you can love yourself like that to.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“you are not too much. you are brilliant. remarkable. you fill up rooms with love. you are joy. you are sunlight. you put more stars in the sky. your laugh makes the earth a better place. every day the world tells you to hide. but you say no. your soul was put here to take up as much space as possible. and there is room for you to be even more.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“please keep laughing and smiling and finding joy in the little things. you make life better. thank you for reminding me that not everything has to be so serious all the time. you are the definition of pure, unaltered love, and i love you so much for it. never stop dancing, singing, expressing yourself in whatever way feels right to you.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“truthfully,
i find it so difficult to know who wants the real me
and who just wants to feel seen”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“thank you for teaching me unconditional love. for having the best sense of humour. for bringing light into every room. for having a deep understanding of me as a person and always holding space for who i am. thank you for catharsis through cooking, for welcoming me into your kitchen. for supporting me, for always paying special attention to me. you showed me how to be brave and strong, and that brave and strong can come in any package. i wish you felt less pressure to hold it all together.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i am not the cure for your insecurity being with me will only make it worse i won’t save you from your demons i’ll open the door for them let them sleep in the guest room i am so sorry i can’t fix you whatever you’re running from will catch up to you if you’re with me”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i wish i could remember what sign the moon was in when i told you i loved you i don’t remember if i said it cause i was feeling bold sad or both”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“if this is supposed to be you still need your solitude need nights alone mornings where you wake up to your own smile”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“hush little baby don’t say a word everyone doesn’t hate you the sky is just falling
and they’re busy picking it up”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“the people who tell you you’re too big have spent their whole lives afraid to grow.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i can suture one hundred years of open wounds women bleeding from the inside”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i'm sorry that your first heartbreak was from someone who was supposed to love you the most. you deserved to feel love as soon as you came to this earth. i'm sorry that the people who were supposed to take care of you couldn't love you in the way you needed. i'm sorry that everyone you've ever loved has hurt you. i'm sorry that you find it hard to love knowing that it always ends in heartbreak. but i hope one day you are loved the way you deserve to be, and i hope one day you can love yourself like that too.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“I will be the last woman | in my family | to be used as a pin cushion | a mirror | a reflection of a man’s wounds.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i grew up with conditional love and frozen food
no wonder nourishment feels abnormal”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i've been shining for others
for so long that
i forgot what it felt like
to shine for myself”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“did you forget how special you are?”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“asked if i could skip ahead two years it's not that i don't want to live it's that i don't want to live right now i want to see the next part so i know this part is worth it”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“you can understand
where someone is coming from and still not accept how they treat you”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“clean marble countertops
reapplying sunscreen
saving all your birthday cards
you are enough just as you are
remembering your parents’ anniversary
chicken noodle soup
sleeping on it
let me know if you get home safe
pointing out the food between your teeth
battery at 100%
new school shoes
correcting people when they’re wrong
virgo”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“if someone makes you feel like shrinking, leave them. if someone tells you to give up, push harder. you owe it to yourself to fill up this world with passion and love in a way that only you can.”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs

“i know we know this is better for both of us i know no love was lost and trees can’t grow when they’re planted so close but sometimes it’s sad to lose your person sometimes it’s sad to be alone”
― Michaela Angemeer, Poems for the Signs