“Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.”
―
―
“How you die out in me:
down to the last
worn-out
knot of breath
you're there, with a
splinter
of life.”
― Poems of Paul Celan
down to the last
worn-out
knot of breath
you're there, with a
splinter
of life.”
― Poems of Paul Celan
“I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
― 100 Love Sonnets
“It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.”
―
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.”
―
“I guess all that's left is to love the fire.”
― Advertisements for Myself
― Advertisements for Myself
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