tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71717698663140624442024-03-05T11:14:39.676-06:00TWILIGHT TO DAWNest.2016Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-89702094042650806932019-04-01T13:48:00.000-05:002019-04-01T13:48:09.877-05:00SPRING FOR YOU HEART <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-61946344807851034452019-03-16T12:40:00.001-05:002019-03-16T12:40:13.275-05:00ITS PART OF THE JOURNEY <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">it is suffocating to look into the eyes of another </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and see your own pain staring right back at you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">we lie to ourselves by saying our pain is so singular. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">we act as if it’s molded to the shape of our individual, scarred heart.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">but humans of the earth, that is wrong.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">when you see the pain your heart is encased in, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">a whole new ache is born,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> for you know the savageness of it, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">but there is nothing for you to do other than watch </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">and know that they too will survive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">because you did. because we have to.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">because if we didn’t, why would we even bother</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">letting the wickedness of this world affect us?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">it’s not the pain that hurts so much. it’s the love. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">we hate how something so beautiful can stab so deep,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">yet we continue on doing it to ourselves.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">give up and you’re giving into the wickedness. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">it’s always your choice. it’s always up to what you decide. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">go ahead, understand that and let me know what you’re going to do.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">i am afraid there is nothing for me to do other than to love, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">no matter what that does to my heart’s safety.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">after all, we were created for this.</span></span><br />
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Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-56636117527219245592019-02-24T15:32:00.000-06:002019-02-24T15:32:36.114-06:00OUR HEARTS SING<br />
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when you admit to yourself and to others that </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">there are </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">moments stuck in your heartstrings, </span></div>
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making the music stumble along at times, </div>
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you’re able to change the tune.</div>
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if you can’t see the spots that are worn and </div>
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starting to slip from your grasp, </div>
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then what good are the moments you hold onto doing?</div>
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the music needs to be played.</div>
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tell of those notes so that others will hear the beauty.</div>
Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-35294480571858936012019-02-14T19:02:00.001-06:002019-02-14T19:02:22.541-06:00ITS ALL SO REAL<div style="text-align: center;">
this is a feeling - that in the moonlight all the </div>
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whispers left unsung just might be heard. </div>
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this is a song - that the candlelight might blow out and</div>
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all my notes will scatter to the floor and I will scatter there too. </div>
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this is a cry - that the breeze will take me with it, wherever it goes.</div>
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this is me, this is who I am, this is that I feel. </div>
Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-34275494044077728102019-02-04T10:06:00.000-06:002019-02-04T10:06:36.723-06:00MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T BE FRIENDS FOREVER <br />
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when you asked if I would always be here for you and I hesitated,<br />
it wasn't because I didn't think I would want to stay here for you always,<br />
it was because I didn't know if my way of being there for you<br />
would be what you would always need.<br />
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so when I replied with a yes and your eyes told me you didn't believe me, it hurt.<br />
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I didn't hesitate because of me. I hesitated because of you.<br />
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[tell me please what this makes you feel and think of]Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-78319114779035520402019-01-29T12:26:00.000-06:002019-01-29T12:26:11.312-06:00OH, HOW I WAS WRONG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i thought that being strong </div>
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meant not being weak.</div>
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i thought that being yourself </div>
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meant you couldn't change. </div>
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i thought that being brave </div>
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meant giving up your fears. </div>
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i thought that by saying <i>no</i> </div>
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to one thing meant saying</div>
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no to a lot of things. </div>
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i thought that by knowing </div>
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your boundaries meant that</div>
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nothing bad would ever happen. </div>
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i thought by accepting this all</div>
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i wouldn't be afraid anymore. </div>
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oh, how i was wrong. </div>
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[insert dried flowers here]</div>
Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-18516257387581750522019-01-18T22:39:00.000-06:002019-01-18T22:39:12.692-06:00idk anymore<div style="text-align: center;">
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i want to learn how to let fear become like an envelope around me. </div>
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i want it to seal shut and then leave me with a decision: </div>
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to succumb or to overcome. </div>
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because there is power in <i>having</i> to decide.</div>
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geez. wouldn't that be empowering. </div>
Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-26058242934705360592019-01-12T13:24:00.002-06:002019-01-12T13:24:50.487-06:00YOUR PAIN IS REAL <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to the girls who's hearts were broken </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">before any boy could do that:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">you don’t have to live in the shadow of one mans failure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">you most assuredly do not need to pull </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">your strength from your hatred.</span></span></div>
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you’ll always be strong. you’ll always be hurt.</div>
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you cannot leave your legacy in the dust.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">learn from life and it’ll learn from you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">shoot, girl, your pain is real, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">but your victorious strength is too. </span></div>
Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-44636311256267739292018-12-31T19:10:00.000-06:002018-12-31T19:10:09.690-06:00FOR 2019 <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">if only I could learn how to be quiet, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to be still.</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-76764487455942208482018-12-26T18:38:00.000-06:002018-12-26T18:38:55.492-06:00DON'T AVOID THE CAUTION TAPE <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Fragile is a word with a thick meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">it screams “please be careful. I break.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and when in describing another soul, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">it means that you are to tread carefully.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">you’re supposed to with everyone, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">but the stamp of “fragile” sends you into a panic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">well all, I’m fragile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Does that mean I won’t survive?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">No. But it does mean I need you to tread careful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Please.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Survival is hard when daily new wounds are severed into my heart.</span></div>
</span>Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-70104704147748954842018-12-17T08:57:00.000-06:002018-12-17T08:57:28.364-06:00it's just part of the story <div style="text-align: center;">
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the minute we let circumstances rule our emotional health</div>
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is the moment you no longer are you. </div>
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don't shut down to see everything as if </div>
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it's going downhill.</div>
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maybe a valley is the road for you right now.</div>
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give it time. it's just part of your story.</div>
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i promise you'll see the sun again soon. </div>
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Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-52526178789546487792018-12-06T21:40:00.001-06:002018-12-06T21:40:30.944-06:00words to say more often<div style="text-align: center;">
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these are words we need to say more often</div>
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"We need you."</div>
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"We always need you."</div>
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"I need you."</div>
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"Don't go away."</div>
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"Please stay."</div>
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"I'll always love you."</div>
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"I love you."</div>
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and the strongest of them all</div>
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"You're worth everything."</div>
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now go say them.</div>
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Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-77558995707373299852018-11-29T12:31:00.000-06:002018-11-29T12:31:59.734-06:00IF YOU THOUGHT YOU LOST YOUR STRENGTH <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-63380204099980310312018-11-20T09:35:00.000-06:002018-11-20T09:35:20.595-06:00IM AFRAID TOO <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">do we let the stabbing words damage the healing </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">that you had been working so hard on? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">or will you stand up tall and scream in the face of that danger?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">losing this valuable growth is terrifying.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">in the want to be free from fear, you replace it instead with</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">the freedom to adopt new fears.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I didn’t know that shaking away from one fear </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">could topple down a hundred old ones.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">an avalanche of feelings.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">will the canyon fill to the brim? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">will my heart learn to heal again? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">will I be brave? is bravery even a thing?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">oh, to be free from this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">[poetry is a journey of emotions for me. i'm not drowning,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> i'm peeling layers of pain away. these are the words that come from it.]</span></span>Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-48855139522712983112018-11-08T19:34:00.000-06:002018-11-08T19:34:28.776-06:00FRIENDS BEING FRIENDS <div style="text-align: center;">
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the best feeling is when you find your gang of people</div>
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who don't make you change to fit into their ideals. </div>
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they go "oh hello, you have a dynamic that grows our group." </div>
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and thank you for it by sharing friendship.</div>
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the best part about all of this is that your </div>
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gang becomes a second home and before you know it,</div>
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it's becoming a vast part of your life. </div>
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before you know it, home is everywhere. </div>
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Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-4269388053240948622018-10-25T12:58:00.001-05:002018-10-25T12:58:43.034-05:00GIVE UP IDEALS <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">the problem with dreams is that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">you envision them one way</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and they turn out completely opposite.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">so then, you think you failed and didn’t hit your goal.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">shush. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">even your dreams have the ability to s</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">hape with the wind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">allow yourself the same courtesy. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">after all, we are an ever changing dream. </span></span> <br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" />Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-3329850688461608772018-10-13T23:19:00.000-05:002018-10-13T23:19:37.030-05:00LIFE CAN BE ROUGH<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">when a brick wall gets thrown in your face</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and you are left staggering, crying out for aid,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>you’re not the only one. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">we think pain seeks us out separately, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">breaking you down, breaking your soul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">but truly, you’re not the only one unable to move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">you are not the only one who feels like you’re bleeding to death </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">with only a band aid in your hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">fragile friend, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">wrap your brokenness in a blanket </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and tell yourself it’ll all be a-okay for,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">the shattered pieces are strongest together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">xxxx</span></div>
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Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-46539488581586801282018-10-07T12:54:00.001-05:002018-10-07T12:54:29.383-05:00NOT BLIND ANYMORE <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we don’t see like we used to anymore.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> times change and we change and then we are left with a new version of ourselves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">all we have is this moment and I’m afraid we do forget that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> perhaps one great day an awakening will grasp the world and the world will smile back and say “thank you. I have been waiting so long for this” because you see, it’s not about just living, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">it’s about knowing what you’re living for.</span></div>
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<br />Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-74747491370177627002018-09-24T08:36:00.000-05:002018-10-13T23:22:59.653-05:00RISE UP<br />
my prayer for you is that this morning you will rise again in courage.<br />
that God heard your heart crying in the night<br />
and whispered "child, fear no more."<br />
because in living in a broken world, we have become broken humans.<br />
BUT in knowing that our God is a Healer,<br />
we have a rich hope in His renewing strength day in and day out. xxxxJulia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-7883368318440940102018-09-19T18:49:00.000-05:002018-09-19T18:49:33.063-05:00THE FEAR IS CHOKING YOU <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ever feel as if you are unable to enjoy anything fully, because you are terrified it will be taken away?</div>
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oh, how vastly great fear can steal from a human. </div>
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<b>FEAR IS A LIAR </b>(go listen to zach williams song k)</div>
Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-67721840543680426112018-09-07T10:19:00.001-05:002018-09-07T10:19:50.061-05:00QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">hey, smile. <span style="font-size: large;">YOU WERE BORN TO LIVE THIS DAY. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">you were born with a mission to achieve and people to bless. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">YOU'VE GOT THIS.</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-50507208917110428972018-08-27T13:07:00.000-05:002018-08-27T13:07:00.712-05:00WHY DO WE DO THIS <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">we’ve broken everything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">we’ve shredded joy down to a tiny piece of our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">stress has torn down the walls that were once standing out of love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">we’ve tossed happiness out the window, falsely believing there is something better to be found.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">we’ve replaced the wonder we were born with and instead now hold tightly onto the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">we’ve been told that this is how it is but oh, loves, what would happen if this wasn’t how it was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES</span></div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" />Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-49184070794259137182018-08-23T10:37:00.000-05:002018-08-23T10:37:09.924-05:00YOU ARE NOT FAILING <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">if you would only stop lying to yourself for one moment, I feel you would see what I see. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Your eyes would be awakened to the fact that I love you more than you know.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">You would feel my heart break when you cry because, child, what can I do? I don’t know what to do anymore.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It kills me to know that something is killing you. I want to break the beastly lies in two. I want to tear down the walls you’re building around yourself. I want to pull you into my arms and tell you that it will be okay; that I’ll do everything in my power to make it be okay.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Oh, child, stop lying to yourself. You are worth more than those lies.</span></span><br />
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Julia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-46723172187329305522018-08-20T10:36:00.000-05:002018-08-20T10:43:36.779-05:00WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT first off, I am speechless. You all commented some of the SWEETEST things ever and yes, I realize you may have been trying to win that book (jk lolol) but truly, I know you all and that's not your style. You make me wanna climb through the screen and hug you all!!!! (is that creepy??..)<br />
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BUT REALLY, thank you. thank you x a billion.<br />
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also, I'm working on replying to the precious comments. PROMISE xx and now, onto the part you've all been hoping for XD<br />
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and THE WINNER IS<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GABBY A.</span> (who just so happened to be the first person to comment about the giveaway/enter it XD) CONGRATULATIONS!! Gabby, I've emailed you!! <3 Please respond within 3 days so I can get your package out..if I don't hear from you, I'll pick a 2nd winner. SO WRITE SOON *hugs*<br />
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THANK YOU ALL AGAIN !!!! I cannot wait for next year xxx<br />
also, if you're interested in buying a copy of my poetry book with<b> 50% off or FREE SHIPPING</b>, just click <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/julia-ryan/were-all-just-a-garden-full-of-souls/paperback/product-23611253.html">HERE</a> and use BOOKSHIP18 as a coupon code until <b>TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT</b> xxxJulia Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860401845153647665noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171769866314062444.post-90052398639828898362018-08-13T00:00:00.000-05:002018-08-13T06:57:54.466-05:002ND BIRTHDAY + GIVEAWAY !!!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="text-align: start;">EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPP!!!! guys, this is Twilight to Dawn's 2ND BIRTHDAY. I didn't think this poetry blog would surpass a few months and yet, here we are.</span></div>
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I find it fascinating to look back at how much my poetry style has changed and I truly want to thank all fantastic readers for sticking along with the almost 17 year old Julia to the almost 19 year old Julia. The fact that you have actually purchased my poetry books blows me away constantly. I don't have enough words to say thank you sooooo<br />
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I DECIDED TO BRAVELY SCRIBBLE AND SKETCH AND PUT LITTLE NOTES IN A COPY OF MY POETRY BOOK AND WELL<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'M DOING A GIVEAWAY WITH IT. </span>(it's also signed shhh)<br />
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<b>+ the giveaway is open to everyone in all countries!! so ennnttteeerrrrrrr!!! </b><br />
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<script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>the giveaway will run for 6 days and then I'll announce the winner AUGUST 20TH. comment below any with questions. xx<br />
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<b>also, a few things to celebrate </b><br />
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<li>Lisa over at Inkwell did a SUPER AMAZING THING and had people use my poems as inspiration for short stories in <a href="https://thisinkwell.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-micro-fiction-contest-winner-story.html">her contest. </a></li>
<li>Kenzie over at Paper Pizza interviewed me after reading my entire poetry book !!! AH <a href="http://www.paperpizzablog.com/2018/06/were-all-just-garden-full-of-souls.html">read the post here </a>. she also posted amazing photos and made me wanna cry bc wow</li>
<li>I opened a insta for my poetry blog! That's been really neat to figure out what exactly I want to do with it xx</li>
<li>SO MANY TAGS. SO MANY PICTURES OF MY POETRY BOOK ALL OVER THE WORLD. literally cannot handle it</li>
<li>uhm. so. WE'RE ALL JUST A GARDEN FULL OF SOULS is like......in my library now. I KNNNNOOWWWWW</li>
<li>did a thing where I had people send me 1-5 words of what you're feeling and I'd turn it into a poem. wrote 24 poems in 24 hours. </li>
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I have grown so much this year alone. I cannot wait to see what happens next!! </div>
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<b>ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY RANDOM QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, ASK BELOW K </b>*hugs* </div>
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