21

I see you

like a statue

pale and silent

a bright star

burning

I guess you like

the wind on your skin

silky sweet as hyacinth

forgive me

this blue sky

this last gasp

healing yourself is your responsibility, no matter what someone did to you

Alice Walker, from “Even As I Hold You”, Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990

I need to practice shutting the fuck up more

You have yourself, don’t ever lose yourself

— Louise Glück, from “Timor Mortis.”

Richard siken / dave eggers

-Bylthe baird, if my body could speak

I can respect a bad decision but I can’t respect a liar

— Louise Glück, from “Timor Mortis.”

marlena by julie buntin

Margaret Atwood, from The Blind Assassin

a reminder

i am the sweetest girl this is fact

— Carol Rifka Brunt in Tell The Wolves I'm Home

I can’t control anyone’s loyalty, i just know mine is real