Alison Malee > Quotes

“Ah, kindness. What a simple way to tell another struggling soul that there is love to be found in the world.”
― Alison Malee

“daughter,
i will name my heart
after you.
both have been born
in the body,
both being my
dug deep roots.
my grace givers.
oxygen providers.
safe keepers.

i would not exist without you.”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“because even when I stare at a door
with the knowledge that it should remain closed.
with the knowledge that it most likely closed for a
reason.
even then, i am trying to work out the best way to
pick the lock
everything ends. everything ends. everything ends.

but my heart still whispers, does it have to?”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“today i am going to move
and leave nothing behind.
which is to say, i am going
to unwind like porcelain stars.
which is to say, i will be my own miracle.
which is to say, this day will be endless.
which is to say, i have given up
on black and white.”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“perhaps, if we are descended
from the rib cage of man,
man should learn how
to take care of his own body.

show them what it looks like
to be powerful. to know it.”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“For I have swallowed
two halves of a whole sky
solely to cleanse
my reeking bones of their desires.”
― Alison Malee, Shifting Bone

“because when you leave, all reason leaves with you.”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“When you write,
you bleed a little piece
of your soul onto the page
and pray your readers will look after it.”
― Alison Malee, Shifting Bone

“I appreciate myself. That is how I heal.”
― Alison Malee, Shifting Bone

“Sometimes I think he is my
saving grace,

sometimes I hear his name
and drown.”
― Alison Malee, Shifting Bone

“the world, with its loud microphone and shut tight ears,
keeps saying that nothing is broken.
but how can that be if the only way to let the light in
is to crack the walls a little more?”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“because when you leave, all reasons leaves with you.”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“I seek you in the canyon of my solitude.”
― Alison Malee, Shifting Bone

“i am trying to come to terms with this.
wanting does not always mean
i haven't found what i am looking for.”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

“now, i bite the neck of anyone who thinks themselves a god”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You