It is these connections that you simply feel, even if you are miles apart. These words hit you so deeply that you are convinced that they are as deeply anchored in you as your heart. Some nights you read words and feel like they were written just for you. That’s exactly what happened when I came across the poems of Marie Schlegel. Her words were equal parts comforting, inspiring and reassuring. Whenever I feel that unspeakable ache in my chest, I pick up her books. I run myself a bath and pour myself a glass of my favorite wine. Then I let her words comfort me and I can let all my feelings flow. She understands my pain and her words are like a deep embrace. They envelop you and only let go when your tears have dried up.

Daisies lie

I haven’t thought about you for so long that I’ve even forgotten how salty my tears taste.

Marie Schlegel, Salty tears from daisies lie

She started publishing her poems on Instagram and with Gänseblümchen lügen she has published her first book. It’s perfect for anyone going through a break-up and feeling alone with their feelings. She has mastered the leap out of a toxic relationship and shows us how we too can start to look at ourselves again after the mourning phase.

(Mis)feelings

Letting go of you also means letting go of a piece of me.

Marie Schlegel, Letting go out of (mis)feelings

In her second book, she shows us that our feelings can also play tricks on us. That sometimes we just (mis)feel, but that’s okay. As long as we find ourselves and feel ourselves again. None of us knows how long pain or unrequited love will stay with us. The only thing we have is the certainty that we will never go through these feelings alone.

Broken hearts, pain, loss, grief and also happiness, love and self-love are part of us all. Marie captures these feelings in an extraordinary way. She shares them with us and heals us. The world becomes a little bit better because we are no longer alone with our feelings. In my most difficult hours, I found comfort in her words. The courage not to go back. To love myself again and still never doubt love. As strong as I sometimes feel and think all this is behind me. Her words showed me that I had only put a veil over my feelings so that the world wouldn’t see how much it was affecting me. Her protective words gave me the strength to look at everything and finally feel it. Even if I sometimes felt a little (wrong). If you also find yourself in a situation that seems hopeless to you, always remember that you are not alone and Marie’s words prove it. We all have our baggage to carry, but the power of words can heal us.

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