without reopening wounds

I want to talk about what happened without mentioning how much it hurt. There has to be a way. To care for the wounds without reopening them. To name the pain without inviting it back into me

— Lora Mathis

#quote

“I said never apologize for how you feel. 

No one can control how they feel. 

The sun doesn’t apologize for being the sun. 

The rain doesn’t say sorry for falling. 

Feelings just are.”

— Iain S. Thomas, Intentional Dissonance