Tammy Le

I am living

go outside open your window look at the sky tell yourself I am living to breathe in the oxygen this Earth has given me to enjoy this moment fully to smile and say, I deserve to be here. t.l.

Ruin

I don’t want indecision second thoughts I don’t want one year into a relationship to realize it wasn’t working. I wanted the real thing that lasts for eternity but maybe I’ve ruined it. t.l.

Random thought

How to write good motivational line without sounding like a self-help book. t.l. I guess it has to come from the heart

We live in a world where the victims are living behind closed doors while the predators walk freely on the streets this world tells us to stop screaming for equality while giving us more guns, more anti-abortion laws. no sex before marriage but if you didn’t know the differences between consent and fear how couldContinue reading “Equality”

I am

now I know I can’t listen to people say shitty things about me and let them get away. I am not “too fat”. I am not “too skinny”. I am not “too serious”. I am not “immature”. I am not “spoiled”. I am not “weak”. I am not “wasting my life”. I am not theContinue reading “I am”

Drizzle

You were just living your life and someone came to tell you, “Why? Why aren’t you miserable? You should be. You’re neither married nor have a stable job. Your sexuality is the end of you.” “Why choose the difficult road with thorns and poisonous spiders when you can have it easy? Why did you sailContinue reading “Drizzle”

Dreams

I sometimes had dreams where my teeth fall off. Especially my front teeth. I didn’t have to try hard, I just pushed them with my tongue and they came off. I panicked, blamed everything in my life. I couldn’t bear the fact that my teeth was gone and now I have to face the worldContinue reading “Dreams”

Storm

The trees don’t blame the rain for falling too hard The fish don’t blame the water for running too deep. you are only witnessing the pain, the sadness, and the grief. those things that happened to you they are not who you are. they made you stronger gave you a new skin but they’re notContinue reading “Storm”

Comfortable

I’d have to leave now before I get too comfortable kicking my own toe against the bed until I can no longer feel the pain. t.l.

Out of time

If only I knew that we were running out of time, I would not have jumped head first. I would have done everything like it’s the first time. t.l. I’m sorry for loving too much, too quickly.