My latest pieces
“I have survived too much to go quietly.
Let a meteor take me.
Call the thunder for back up.
My death will be grand.
The land will crack,
the sun will eat itself…
-the day I leave.” – Rupi Kuar.
My latest pieces
“I have survived too much to go quietly.
Let a meteor take me.
Call the thunder for back up.
My death will be grand.
The land will crack,
the sun will eat itself…
-the day I leave.” – Rupi Kuar.
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Don’t get so caught of with moving forward that you don’t know how to live in the now. You can’t get there if you’re not here now. Be patient with yourself. Time has always been my biggest issue.
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Love is loving all. Good and bad. Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez
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Even if we fallEven if we failDespite what all we’ve lost,or had to say goodbye tooAs much as we want to forget it ever happenedWe wouldn’t be the resilient beings we are todayif we haven’t toughed it out through the worst of stormsWe will always growand learn from those memoriesAnd maybe even laugh one dayat…
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I never really cared about the superficial or typical things. The expensive gifts, fancy dinner dates, or the extravagant surprises. I want the things that most people don’t have. The things that are far more valuable. What people constantly gamble between their fingers and don’t tend to appreciate until its gone Just some of what…
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It’s easy for one to hookup under the moon,But I want you in the morningand late afternoons.When the sun has finished stretchingand maybe some coffee too.Breakfast on me,lunch on you? Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez
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Reaching outHand stretched in dark watersIt’s something I know I should do less ofWhat a perpetual mess, loveKnowing I can’t save everyoneBut still trying to do the most impossible tasksLike some modern day superwomanThough many have gone lost at seaIt takes a real unethical beingTo watch someone struggle like that… I won’t watch you drown.…
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I shouldn’t have to ask twice Or have to make sure I deserve to know I deserve more I deserve better I hold you to my expectations Because You wanted to be here In my home In my world With your hands around my torso I didn’t go look for you You found me So…
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I thought you were all I had.. But I had me. Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez
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Your laugh was wholesome, But always so short-lived. Although you light up the room. Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez
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At the time I was spiraling I felt like I needed you more than ever. I wanted you, but I wasn’t ready for you. It was really this desperate need of some stability when the ground began to crack beneath me. Even though I knew this to be true. You were the only other reason…
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Free yourselfGive love to yourselfBe unapologetically who you areWho are they to try and dictate who you are or suppose to beother than yourself?You should be treated equally regardlessand you should love who you want to loveDemand it, shout it to the sky, fight for it if you must You don’t owe it to anyone to…
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We may bleed the same bloodDrink the same waterEat the same foodsBut we do not give off the same energy.. I am not the same as you. I need to protect my energy. Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez
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I apologize to myself for ever thinkingthat I had to apologize to anyonefor being who I am.For speaking up when I am wronged,for being selfish sometimes, for wanting better for myself,or for loving hard.. I’m sorry you couldn’t handle my love. Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez
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A promise broken..You can’t wish it awayYou can’t just make it disappearlike it never happenedWe ignore our gut feelingsbecause we want to see the goodWe ignore the truthbecause we think it keeps us safeBut after all is said and donewhat will we ever do with all this pain?I’ve known all along. Illustration by: Fatima SeeharCopyright…
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Before me you didn’t really understand a woman’s heartYou were young, naive, recklessI saw potential in you, defended you, showed you deeper than skin, and loved you for who you were.At your lowest, I was thereAnd as you rose, you chose someone elseSo don’t come back to me when she has left youbecause she couldn’t…
In Her Orbit 