Submerge QUOTES

1 " mental illness is not a switch you can turn on and off. "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

3 " dear depression
you are a swallowed island.
a continental shelf of grief.
an underwater prison.
a fog holding the sky hostage
and chasing away the blue... "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

5 " there are no paved roads to healing.
you must build one brick by brick. "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

7 " you used to find refuge in me but now you’re swimming against the current of us.
my desperation grows more teeth
trying to make you stay
and ripping the sinews of my heart. "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

9 " At first sight

When your eyes meet
Theirs for the first time
You become an ocean,
Waves inside you crash
And drench you in a thing
You’re too afraid to name "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

11 " For Nina Simone

The trembling
Water of your voice
Is a baptism "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

13 " Weightless

I want a love
That feels weightless
In the thick of it all
A hopeful horizon
To stretch my arms out to
A love that never leaves
Me empty handed "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge

15 " you are not wasted stardust.
do not collapse into yourself. "

― K.Y. Robinson , Submerge