Brianna Duffin

Brianna Duffin Nov 2017

That velvet darkness I used to know so well returns
Enclosing my world in the depths of her infinite blackness.

That darkness that used to be my only long-term home
Welcomes back into a complete embrace and it's over.

I am at one with the darkness once more
It's all over, all is well.
And I am home.

#darkness

Brianna Duffin Nov 2017

The Situation

I don’t want to make peace with the situation.
I want to fall in love with the situation.

I don’t want to make peace with the situation.
I want to make the situation.

I don't think that's selfish.
I think it's brave.

Brianna Duffin Jan 2018

Be a Lady

Act like a lady,
Be a lady.
Being a lady means you can take it.
You. Can. Take. It.
Because all your life you have been trained by specialized warriors,
Trained to take whatever he world throws a ou
Like a lady-
With grace, and dignity, and strength, and courage.
You a braver than you know,
Stronger than you know,
Smarter than you know.
Being a lady doesn’t mean you never doubt yourself.
It doesn’t mean you will never fail.
It means that you are capable of great things,
Things like grabbing the impossible by the *****,
Looking its demons head on,
And making it just one on the long list of your accomplishments.

#lady #ladylike #teachings

Brianna Duffin Nov 2017

One Last Dance?

By the end of this night,
I will have left you behind
And you will have left me;
And what we swore to uphold til death do us part
Will be a thing of the past.
Is that why I feel like I’m going to be half-dead in the morning?

So I was hoping, just really hoping deep down
That we could have one last dance.
Just the two of us,
Just like old times
With my arms wrapped around you
With your heart beating for me.
I miss it already
**** not as much as I will in the days to come
When I have the devil curled up in my mind,
Whispering in my ear
The way you used to get jealous when other people did.
So I was hoping, just really hoping deep down
That we could have one last dance.

I understand if you’re ashamed
So we can turn out the lights
And never turn them on again.
We can keep his between us,
Just one final secret we keep for one another.
You don’t have to hold me close to your heart like you used to
But could you please at least try to pretend
That you remember loving me like I was made for you?
Because I was hoping for one last dance.
Before we go our separate ways and never speak of this again,
I’d like one last dance.
I won’t ask for a proper goodbye, nor will I give one.
But how about one last dance?

#last #dance #final #love #relationships #breakups

Brianna Duffin Nov 2017

Lipstick

Your face feels different when it showcases a swipe of lipstick.
Your hands feel different when they clutch a tube of lipstick.
You are a different woman,
Now a lady, in fact.
Instantly more beautiful, more glamourous;
A classic with added dignity, enhanced elegance.
You become the paragon of femininity,
Join the beauty icons in the lipsticked hall of fame.
You become a force to be reckoned with in the glory of womanly arts.
You become the dream of so many people, young and old, around the world.
You are the symbol of a lady, any era, any nation- you are a queen now.
You have become an artist of the highest, boldest, most powerful caliber.

#lipstick #feminine

Brianna Duffin Nov 2017

Identify

What we have today
Is spent working towards
What we will have tomorrow

What we have today
Is spent forgetting
What we had yesterday

There is no identity in that.

No wonder people are struggling so much
With their self-identity;
Our lives are under pressure have no identity
No remembering who you were,
No embracing who you are
No allowing who you will become to be undecided.
So where is the self-identity supposed to come in…
When there is never a self or an identity to begin with,
Or if there was something, it was washed away.

No wonder people are struggling so much with their self-identity.
There is no identity in that.

#identity #society

Brianna Duffin Nov 2017

Hey Kid

You won’t always feel good;
Sometimes you’ll wish you were dead.
But isn’t it all supposed to be worth it?
You’ll see things in yourself
That were never there before.
You’ll become a new person,
Losing and gaining so much.
You decide…
Is it all really, really worth it after all?
Do you still think you’re glad you joined us;
Do you still think want to grow up?
Do you still think this whole thing is magic;
Or have you decided… this wasn’t worth it.