micaela

“But when I look at this work, I see in that tree, hoarded like rain, all the love a man could feel for a woman in one brief life.”
― Cisneros Sandra

“Your memory lives on me
like an old scar, in a place that only I know,
with a story that only I find beautiful.”
― Key Ballah, Preparing My Daughter For Rain

“I knew that the danger would make
me fall in love with him.
I am a magnet for men with intentions
made of straw.”
― Key Ballah, Preparing My Daughter For Rain

“When I have a daughter I will tell her
You grew between the cracks of my skin,
I built you, 
cell by cell, 
over nine full moons,
a flower grown from blood.
Somewhere in your beautiful mind lives the distant memory, of loving only the sound of my voice and the slow hammer of my heart,
you trusted me before you knew me.
So if you ever question your capability to love fully, remember you have loved before, and you will love again”
― Key Ballah, Preparing My Daughter For Rain