When Richard Siken said “someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.” I felt this terribly in my bones.
Katherine Larson, from Radial Symmetry; “Gardens in Tunisia”
[Text ID: “There are days that walk through me / and I cannot hold them.”]
Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “Eat”
[Text ID: “I am trying to stop doing / things that don’t make any sense. Body, / forgive me. I am trying. I am trying. I am still trying.]
If you’re going through big changes remember that it isn’t a time to be hard on yourself. Recognise how brave you have been. Nurture yourself through this transition period. It won’t feel as challenging as is has, for much longer.
Alain de Botton, Essays in Love [transcript in ALT]
and no one will ever know the things we’ve been through.






