“our words suddenly wrong everywhere, even in our mouths.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Did you ever feel colored-in when a boy found you with his mouth? What if the body, at its best, is only longing for a body? The blood racing to the heart only to be sent back out, filling the routes, the once empty channels, the miles it takes to take us towards each other. Why did I feel more myself reaching out for him, my hand midair, than I did having touched him?
His tongue tracing my ear: the green pulled through a blade of grass.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
His tongue tracing my ear: the green pulled through a blade of grass.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“And I wanted it, for his gaze to fix me to the world I felt only halfway inside of.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Because the thing about beauty is that it’s only beautiful outside of itself.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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