every time i ever said i wanted to die (Andrea Gibson)

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A difficult life is not less
worth living than a gentle one.
Joy is simply easier to carry
than sorrow. And your heart
could lift a city from how long
you've spent holding what's been
nearly impossible to hold.

This world needs those
who know how to do that.
Those who could find a tunnel
that has no light at the end of it,
and hold it up like a telescope
to know the darkness
also contains truths that could
bring the light to its knees.

Grief astronomer, adjust the lens,
look close, tell us what you see.

[GRIEF ASTRONOMER]Starter Pack

5 months ago

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Haley James

@haley___jamesJul 26, 2026

I love this. Andrea's work reoriented the way I move through life and I think of it often. I hadn't read this one until now and, wildly enough, I once had a dream that darkness was a language (this was the whole dream, I woke up and it was still dark out and everything felt alive in away it had not before) and every time I find someone else naming that curiosity/possibility, I wonder where they first felt the thread to pull. (Maybe grief.) Thanks for sharing. 🫶