Saydi

“You,
with your hands full of Earth and your head full of
rainfall. How many hearts do you hold in your own?”
― Shinji Moon, The Anatomy of Being

“You cannot, you cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.”
― Audre Lorde

“Let me say right now for the record,
I’m still going to be here
asking this world to dance,
even if it keeps stepping on my holy feet.

You, you stay here with me, okay?
You stay here with me.

Raising your bite against the bitter dark,
your bright longing,
your brilliant fists of loss.
Friend, if the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other,
my god that is plenty
my god that is enough
my god that is so so much for the light to give
each of us at each other’s backs
whispering over and over and over,
“Live. Live. Live.”
― Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase

“My mother says it is totally fine
if I blow off steam
as long as I speak in an octave
my kindness can still reach.”
― Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase