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Kylie

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What I’m trying to say is, there’s a difference between “safe” and “safety.” In safety, we set our heads on fire, We make candles out of our bodies And make politics Out of the wax, Out of the sex, Out of the skeleton And what I’m trying to say is, I’m tired of loving with my eyes closed. When I’m safe, my heart is a synonym for “birdcage” and The past twitters like a sparrow in the sunlight, The past shakes like a bishop without a god, The past fights like a war without a purpose. What I’m trying to say is, you’re butchering the lies that I’ve been feeding myself. Yes you, With that goddamn slaughterhouse mouth of yours, With that goddamn quivering mouth of yours, With that Indian Summer mouth of yours, You’re turning my body into an accident, You’re setting my northern hemisphere on fire. What I’m trying to say is, peeling the skin from my lips isn’t getting rid of your kiss, Your astronomy; What I’m trying to say is, you’re turning into gravity and I’m still anchored to the sky; What I’m trying to say is, This poem is hate speech, This poem is war crime, This poem is passive voice. And my body is rose bush, I bloomed into fire after the war of our longing; And my body is pine cone, I bloomed Into a forest after the forest fire. So what I’m trying to say is: there’s a difference between safe and safety And you’re the only one who knows how to stop the shaking.

7-weeks//Safety. (via 7-weeks)

lol why would anyone wanna be with me? i’m a mess and I always blow up your phone with cute stuff or I’m worried when you’re on the road and I get sad when you say something that stings my heart and i’m so clingy and I always wanna kiss you and want you paying attention to me when we’re together lol I suck