Whitney Bacon

“I’ve always liked boxing,
there’s nothing like
a punch in the face
to remind you
you don’t want to die.”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“Keep your bustling cities,
give me only the moon,
some wine, and old friends
laughing in the desert,
and I will show you
what the
pagans
called god”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“Obsession is not love,
infatuation is not love,
when someone ignores you
or treats you poorly, carelessly,
or with indifference
that’s not love—
that’s a lack of love,
for yourself, for trying to fill
your missing pieces with theirs
but when someone is whole
and you are whole
and you act in kindness and benevolence, vulnerability
through strength,
love becomes an exchange
with another person—
and that is
its truest form”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“I would rather
have a body full of scars
and a head full of memories
than a life
of regrets
and perfect skin.”
― Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild