ELYSIAN ▹ quotes

vii.

❝ every morning that you have awoken
when your body is screaming.
every nightmare that haunts you
but you grit your teeth
and still find a reason to smile.
every night when you sleep
and you try not to think of the gun,
the knife,
the poison.
this is survival.
it is ugly, born of blood.
and fear and the dark.

but this is true courage.
and you were born with it.
stitched into your sinews and your bones.
this is how you'll allow your soul to reset.
from this survival you will get
the finest version of you yet. ❞