Aisha Abbasi

“i knew you
before
i met you.
i’ve known you my whole life.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“I spend some nights lying awake and feeling for my ribs to try and account for the missing one she was made from”
― x q, ;

“There’s nothing rebellious about loving something that can’t love you. You’re a woman, you should have known that men in the city would split you in half searching for their fathers in between your legs.”
― Warsan Shire

“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
― Nayyirah Waheed