Christine

“I hurl my heart to halt his pace.

--from "Pursuit", written 1956”
― Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems

“And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes
Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.”
― Sylvia Plath, Ariel

“Love is the bone and sinew of my curse.

--from "Poem For A Birthday - The Stones", written 1959”
― Sylvia Plath, The Colossus and Other Poems

“How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath