Emily

“I mean you ask me
not to fall in love with you
and then you go write poems
with your tongue
and draw constellations
in my freckles.”
― Clementine von Radics, As Often As Miracles

“The trauma said, 'Don't write this poem. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones.' But my bones said, 'Remember the boy who dove into the Hudson River convinced he was entirely alone.' My bones said, 'Write the poem.”
― Andrea Gibson, Take Me With You

“I said to the the sun
'Tell me about the big bang'

The sun said
'It hurts to become”
― Andrea Gibson

“You never need to apologize
for how you chose to survive.”
― Clementine von Radics