be silly, be honest, be kind ~ emerson

"I figured out that if I keep it up,

someday I'll probably get wise enough to be silly in public

...but I probably won't wait that long"

bottled up

"She held her grief behind her eyes like an ocean & when she leaned forward into the day it spilled onto the floor & she wiped at it quickly with her foot & pretended no one had seen"

i am no stranger to holding my emotions in

as a child i had plenty of practice

i thought i was {somewhat} over that phase

it's interesting how feelings sneak up on you when you least expect them to.