freckeled

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fairydrowning:

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.

feral-ballad:

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Katherine Larson, from Radial Symmetry; “Gardens in Tunisia”

[Text ID: “There are days that walk through me / and I cannot hold them.”]

feral-ballad:

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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.]

angelaeleni:

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.

soracities:

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but Do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test. Do you love me stripped of everything that might be lost, for only the things I will have for ever?ALT

Alain de Botton, Essays in Love [transcript in ALT]

sf-97:

and no one will ever know the things we’ve been through.