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I said to the sun, ‘Tell me about the big bang.’ The sun said, ‘it hurts to become.

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
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Maine
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I intend to leave this life so shattered there's gonna have to be a thousand separate heavens for all of my flying parts
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I write because it is while I'm writing that I feel most connected to why we're here. I write because silence is a heavy weight to carry. I write to remember. I write to heal. I write to let the air in. I write as a practice of listening.
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If love did not exist, I would be so goddamn sane.
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I have always been comfortable weathering the storm. I’d like to get more comfortable weathering the sunny day.
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I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirror on a day you’re feeling good. I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirror on a day you’re feeling bad. I wanna know the first person who taught you your beauty could ever be reflected on a lousy piece of glass.
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