"Whenever they ask why we stayed together for so long I say, "I don't know. I just know that we cried at the exact same time in every movie. I know w… - Andrea Gibson

Our insanity is not that we see people who aren’t there. It’s that we ignore the ones who are.

Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube
then held it against my chest til it melted into my aching pores
today i cried so hard the neighbors knocked on my door
and asked if I wanted to borrow some sugar.

I feel that sometimes when I’m writing poems — like they don’t yet fit. Do you ever feel like the best of you is something you’re still hoping to grow into?