“The Long Sun” by Anne Lindberg
(2017). Thread and staples.
(from my visit this morning to the CAM here in Raleigh, NC)
You love too much
Why would you let that hurt you?
You think it’s bad, to love something or someone this much?
You shouldn’t.
It takes great courage to give your heart and self that way, to put your soul into doing something that is so… selfless.
Yes, it could hurt you.
Yes, it will.
But doesn’t everything else beautiful?
You may never receive the same kind of love back,
But that’s okay,
Because it isn’t the reason you give it.
That’s why you’re indestructible.
You’re beautiful,
And you’re amazing,
And you shouldn’t beat yourself up for doing something so good.
Let loving be your strength,
Not your destruction.
And remember,
Only you are able to decide what could hurt you.




