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A Little Unsteady

Written by Emily Tasker.


Photo by Abby Johnson.

Being 16, I think it’s fair to say that I have my fair share of mood swings, my fair share of breakdowns, moments (good and bad) just like any other 16 year old - male or female has their fair share of these things. The last 12 months, honestly? They have been some of the most challenging, draining, exciting, lesson-learning, eye-opening months of my life. Through breakups and breakdowns, newfound love and learning to cherish old ones, getting emotional about driving for the first time, re-watching beloved movies with my dad and crying together over it. I’ve been tossed through friendships, left to fend for myself and lost people I thought would be in my life a lot longer than they were. I’ve lost two best friends but through that, gained so many more. So, as I sit here, at 9:46 pm (crying a little) what I think is very safe to say, is that as of recent months, I’m a little unsteady.


Everyone says follow your heart 
But, if my heart has shattered into a million pieces, 
Then which piece do I follow?

You need to learn to listen to her even when she isn’t speaking

- Body language


I do not understand, how he can love me, when I cannot stand, to love myself.

And I promise to love you, with every, broken, piece of me.


I didn’t want much, I just wanted him.

We live in a generation that makes it nearly impossible, to love, and be loved.


I encourage you to shelter yourself from me. I tend to explode and hurt whoever, or whatever, is in my path. 
- watch yourself

You cried tears of salt, let them drip into my wounds, and called it love.



Sometimes, the silence, is the only form of communication needed.

They tell me I’m just going to get hurt again but, what is a heart if it’s already been shattered into a
million pieces?


She looks after everyone else but, who looks after her?

She acts tough but look at her, she’s nothing but a little girl trapped in a cage.


We should all just learn to be nice to each other.
- fucking sick of it.

“I didn’t intend on that though”. That’s the thing, no one ever intends on it.



You’ve changed from the boy I used to know.
- I liked him better.

How dare you walk back into my life and make me feel special for a short while, then, just like that, over a matter of hours, make me feel like a burden on your life. How. Dare you.



You’re a good person, but you’re cruel sometimes.

Fuck feelings.

My head says no but my heart says yes

-the most cliché excuse ever known to mankind


“You’ve loved and been loved, you’re one of the lucky ones.”

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