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bethany rose castle

"Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works" - Virginia Woolf

just a queer teen trying to navigate her way through the world with words

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Love Me for Who I Am, Not Who I Could Be

Love me for who I am, not who I could be. Don't love me for the stretch marks I do or don't have, but love me for the smiles that I hide....

The Astronaut

Floating in space, soaring through the universe in my rocket ship Once I was an astronaut, now I'm trying to stay grounded, get a grip....

Refuge

Hold me in your arms Sing me those sweet lullabies That I never heard Keep me close to you Whisper love I never had Please make me feel...

Sail Home

I'm vulnerable Yet I am safe in your arms Guide me home, my love. Lead me back, my dear From this ocean of my tears Please sail home with...

Young Flower

Come to me, young flower Withered and torn I know how you feel You wish you were never born Sometimes the sun doesn't shine Sometimes the...

Garden

My mind is complex, a damned tangled mess. I walk through this fearfully gorgeous garden of my thoughts, stopping to smell the roses at...

I am a Lion

I have lived one hundred years as a lion, but not one day as a sheep. I have swallowed my fears and lived through ambush; I have been to...

Slave

She was looking right at you, yet she wasn’t quite there. Her eyes didn’t spark the same way they usually did; they looked fearful,...

Who Can Make My Heart New?

Who can make my heart new? No one can. Who can ease the crazy thoughts of my mind, and make me forget the past I once suffered through?...

I am the sea.

Sometimes, it is hard for me to tread water. Underneath my skin, is a soul that is so wretched, a soul that cannot swim in the seas of...

The Desert of Desperation

We ran away from the deserts of desperation that brought thirst to our dehydrated tongues, searching for oases portraying fresh pools of...

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