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Maddie Jun 2019
Lift me up from beneath the stars, and I’ll help you reach the moon.
That’s where dreams go to dance; where they’ll act like they’re just out of reach.

But they’re not.

They may live in the constellations, but they were meant to travel with you.
You just have to show them you care.

You have to chase them.
Embrace them.
Fall in love with them.
Then, when your dream falls in love with you, it will follow you home.

Don’t settle for anything less than something that was born in the sky.
Maddie Jun 2019
I’ll either run out of tears,
Or I’ll run out of breath.
I can’t tell which first,
And I don’t know what’s best.
Maddie Jun 2019
Imagine the width of forgiveness that subsists in the breath of the world, for beauty continues to exist even when we don’t deserve it.

(I want to do something to deserve it)
Maddie Jun 2019
How serene it is to smile and actually see the reasons why.
Maddie Jun 2019
If you think too hard about anything, you’ll lose touch with everything. If you don’t think hard enough, you’ll never touch anything at all.
Maddie Jun 2019
Time: there’s never enough, but it’s all we have
Trust: it takes almost an eternity to form, but it can come crashing down in one instant
Love: everyone’s supposed to have it, but no one knows exactly where they’ll find it
Life: we have only been given one, but we act like it will never end
Maddie Jun 2019
The beach. The ocean. The sunset. A cruise ship.

With eyes wide to the world setting around you, the floating city races the falling sun to the horizon. It’s fading movements keep track of time; it reminds us of its passing.

The beach. The ocean. The sunset. A (fading) cruise ship.

The ship drifts closer to its oblivion beyond the skyline. We beg it to stay as long as it can, but it is slowly swallowed by the next destination.

The beach. The ocean. The sunset.

Soon, the sun chases the ship into a world that we don’t have access to. We never do find out if the sun is able to catch up or where they go when they’re gone. All we know is he takes the rest of the world with him, and we are left with darkness.

No beach. No ocean. No sunset. No cruise ship.

Only darkness.

And you, you must go collide with your next horizon.

Eventually, you’ll make it to the floating city in the sky.
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