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© Jessie Bounds Photography
Self Portraits
 A sunflower soul with rock n roll eyes curious thoughts & a heart of surprise |  Look a little closer in those delicate eyes, her hearts a wild creature and her souls on fire. |  Everybody wants happiness; nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain. |  I might only have one match.. |  But I can make an explosion |  We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. |
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 I've been staring at you for some time Can't stop starting at those ocean eyes |  Burning cities and napalm skies Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes |  Light is easy to love, show me your darkness |  Like a wildflower; she spent her days, allowing herself to grow, not many knew of her struggle, but eventually all; knew of her light |  Don't hide from the monsters inside your head |  "I want to lose myself in the music, give my soul to art, forget that I have a name and become the kind of beautiful that is only found in the heart." |
 |  I am a child of the moon being raised by the sun in a world walked by stars and a sky drawn with flowers |  |  |  |  She had a galaxy in her eyes, a universe in her mind |
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 |  |  |  |  |  Beauty isn't just a pretty face, it's a pretty heart, pretty mind, and pretty soul. |
 |  She was a rainbow, but he was colorblind |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  White lips, pale face, breathing in snowflakes |  I'm still alive, but I'm barely breathing |
 |  |  Wipe your feet at the door and I'll let you into my soul |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  "Just tired" she muttered But you could tell it was not just a lack of sleep; but a lack of hope and happiness that made her act the way she did. |  She's an old soul with young eyes, a vintage heart, and a beautiful mind |
 She loved the sea, she liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above |  And from the chaos of her soul.. there flowed beauty |  |  |  She spread love like flowers.. grew a garden in her mind.. |  |
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