This is Me Quotes

“Should I yield to normalcy
to make everyone happy?
Except, of course, for me.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“With you, the dance of my life
seems less choreographed.
Before we are forgotten,
memories disappearing like
a shooting star,
let us enjoy it while it lasts.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“When food and words
would not work,
alcohol and cigarettes
are alluring beacons.
Toss around in bed,
pills on my chest.
What should I do next?
A bullet to my head?
No, a dance.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“It is painful to watch the death of a star,
one after another while the sun crawls up,
burning my skin as a reminder
to start over the same torture,
that is to be drowned in a pool
of cigarettes, booze and drugs.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“The water in me is
overflowing, gushing like a wild river.
It is dangerous there. Release me,
I beseech you.
Set me free.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“Helping others helps me breathe.
It becomes a necessity
because the only one
I can’t save is myself.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“They have taken the spot to hurt
and protect her from medications.
Her amber eyes
look vacant,
yet not open
for all lodgers.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“Pull the plug or pull the trigger,
it doesn’t make a difference
for she has to disappear
from this dreary sphere.
A different moniker
to start all over
her life as a stranger
in the land of the dreamers.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“You smoke the last cigarette and dance shirtless,
you’ve lost your dreams and so your life’s purpose.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“Should I yield to normalcy
to make everyone happy?
Except, of course, for me.
It’s a distraction to keep me
from delving deep into misery.
So that you wouldn’t see me
swinging from the ceiling.
Or would you prefer something
rather bloody and messy?”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me

“My existence seems to fade,
I don’t recognise my face,
fading along with my fingerprints;
dust covering my footprints.”
― Anastasia Bell, This is Me