Dear Asshole:
Right now is not the first time I sit here
My leg shaking, my heart pounding, my jaw clenched.
Right now is not the first time I feel like there’s a dagger in my back
The kind where if you were to pull it out it would cut me further.
Right now is not the first time I feel like crying in a public area.
Right now is not the first time you’ve hurt me.
The past year all I’ve wanted was…
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hallea. 19. toronto. dreamer. traveller. actress. instagram: halleajones (personal) halleanicole (photos)
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ARCHIVESUBMITTHEMEDear Asshole
Heartbreak
I can’t explain the pain I feel.
When they say your heart’s been ripped out of your chest
You never really understand what it feels like until it happens.
Although it may not be physical, it’s real.
It’s like the inside of your body is burning dirty coal
Your nails are knives along your clenched palm
Your mouth is pried open with no words coming out
Your fists in your hair, your head in your…
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My grandmother once told me, ‘Relationships are work, honey, and they aren’t 50/50. Some days when I get up I only feel like giving 10%, then your granddaddy has to give 90% that day. But there is always 100% love.
— Leigh Ann Lunsford (via thequotejournals)
