Many Small Hungerings Quotes

“When the body says sleep it means wait;
it means try again tomorrow; it means
trust things may be softer. I dream of running,
of rivers. I dream of not being scared to move. Maybe tomorrow I will.”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“When we talk about missing someone
we are talking about their ghost
we're pulling color from whatever
is most vibrant to fill in what
isn't there”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“I'm at my best when buried
in the mouth of a good memory. When my
laughter blooms into a bouquet - when it's
held in hands that have held me when I needed it most.”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“I am healing, which also means
that I'm singing songs I used to
love again, that I'm building
bridges back to places I haven't
visited in awhile, that I'm holding
my shadow like a bird with a bad wing,
that slowly I am believing I was
never a burden”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“I am holding on to memory
like it is my breathing
so many lives I have lived
that I didn't believe
I deserved”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“when I say love, I mean
I wait at the door for
you to arrive; I mean
the walls of my chest
are decorated with your
pictures; I mean it's
safe here”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“I have no family here - the nest is on the tallest limb
I cannot fly or coast on rain-thick air.
it'll be tomorrow soon, and by then
you'll have forgotten I was ever here.”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“What is a memory but two currents
pulling away from another
yes, I am here but I am also
every place I have held someone
that I love”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry

“I have many appetites, but to be where I once was hums the loudest”
― William Bortz, Many Small Hungerings: Poetry