The Crown Weighs Heavy Quotes

I was a heavy heart to carry My beloved was weighed down My arms around his neck My fingers laced to crown. I was a heavy heart to carry My feet dragged across ground And he took me to the river Where he slowly let me drown My love has concrete feet My love's an iron ball Wrapped around your ankles Over the waterfall

Why are we weigh’d upon with heaviness, And utterly consumed with sharp distress, While all things else have rest from weariness? All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things, And make perpetual moan, Still from one sorrow to another thrown: Nor ever fold our wings, And cease from wanderings, Nor steep our brows in slumber’s holy balm; Nor harken what the inner spirit sings, “There is no joy but calm!” Why should we only toil, the roof and crown of things?

Why are we weighed upon with heaviness, And utterly consumed with sharp distress, While all things else have rest from weariness? All things have rest: why should we toil alone, We only toil, who are the first of things, And make perpetual moan, Still from one sorrow to another thrown: Nor ever fold our wings, And cease from wanderings, Nor steep our brows in slumber's holy balm; Nor hearken what the inner spirit sings, "There is no joy but calm!" Why should we only toil, the roof and crown of things?

The Mountain If the mountain seems too big today Then climb a hill instead If the morning brings you sadness It’s ok to stay in bed If the day ahead weighs heavy And your plans feel like a curse There’s no shame in rearranging Don’t make yourself feel worse If a shower stings like needles And a bath feels like you’ll drown If you haven’t washed your hair for days Don’t throw away your crown A day is not a lifetime A rest is not defeat Don’t think of it as failure Just a quiet kind retreat The mountain will still be there When you want to try again You can climb it in your own time Just love yourself ‘til then.

She weighed the crown in her hands. It felt very heavy, in a way that went beyond mere pounds and ounces.