Marisa Donnelly
Marisa is a writer, poet, & editor. She is the author of Somewhere On A Highway, a poetry collection on self-discovery, growth, love, loss and the challenges of becoming.
When You’re Homesick For A Person
When you’re homesick for a person, you cannot find where you belong unless it’s with one another, making a dwelling in one another’s hearts, one another’s souls.
The Positive Affirmation You Need To Read Right Now, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Aquarius: Your heart is so beautiful. You are always willing to give, to share, to connect, to be open. There is nothing wrong with wanting to love and be loved.
I Can’t Erase Your Pain, But Maybe My Love Can Help It Hurt A Little Less
I don’t have much to offer you—no spells or special powers, no promise of healing or the ability to solve the struggles spinning in your brain. But what I do have is my heart. What I do have is my love. And I know my love can’t save you, but maybe I can help you hurt just a little less.
I’m Opting Out Of The Hookup Culture
I don’t care for someone who longs to feel my body; I want a man who is desperate to touch my heart. Someone who wants to learn my mind, who I am, what I believe, what I think about, what I love.
This Is The Bible Verse You Need To Hear Right Now, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Gemini: “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”— 1 John 4:7
How To Forgive Yourself, And Set Yourself Free
Be gentle. Gentle with yourself because there is only so much beating your little heart can take.
Someday Love Will Find You, I Promise
One day, love will find you. And it will be everything you didn’t know you needed, and everything you’ve desired for so long. It will be all that you waited for, prayed over, wished upon late at night. Love will be worth it, and show you that you’re worth it.
No Matter The Distance Between Us, We Still Share The Same Sky
You may be far from me, but we still share the same sky, the same dreams, the same wishes, the same love. You may be far from me, but we still look up and are grounded in who we are and who we’re meant to be—one day, together.
11 Signs You And Your Best Friend Are Twin Souls
You consider your bond to be closer than family.
Why Are We So Afraid To Live Until It’s Too Late?
Why is it that we don’t know how to live until we’re close to dying, until we get the diagnosis that changes everything, until we lose someone close to us and realize how much we’ve taken for granted?
Sweet Girl, Maybe He’s Too Late
You may have let go of him, you may be in love with him still, but you need to ask yourself this: Do you want him back for the right reasons? Does he deserve a place in your heart? Are you willing and able to love him enough to forgive him, to bring him back in? And is he worthy?
If You’re Going To Let Her In, Let Her Fully In
For she knows you, knows that you are imperfect, and yet wants you to be hers.
Let’s Make Up For Lost Time
Let’s love one another so well, the past doesn’t matter so much anymore.
Sometimes The Girl Who Cares Too Much Needs To Take A Break
Sometimes you must take a break, let the world fall away and figure out how to spin without you, because as much as you fear it won’t, it will.
In Your Arms, I Feel Safe
You put your arms around me and I am wild. Desperately reaching for you, to put my mouth on yours, to kiss my every dream onto your lips until we breathe the same desires, until all the time and space is no longer lost between us. Until we are one.
You Don’t ‘Figure Out’ Love, You Free Fall
How do you know what love is, will be, will become? Or if it will hurt? You don’t. But that’s the beautiful thing.
This Heart Is All I Have, I Hope It’s Enough
When we fall in love with someone, when we choose to intertwine our hearts with one another, we want to give, want to share, want to open and offer all of ourselves—but this isn’t about the physical, tangible things. This is about our heart, our emotion, our love.
25 Ways To Love Your Body
Be patient with it, for you are only human.