“i want more ‘men’
with flowers falling from their skin.
more water in their eyes.
more tremble in their bodies.
more women in their hearts
than
on their hands.
more softness in their height.
more honesty in their voice.
more wonder.
more humility in their feet.
–– less”
― Salt
with flowers falling from their skin.
more water in their eyes.
more tremble in their bodies.
more women in their hearts
than
on their hands.
more softness in their height.
more honesty in their voice.
more wonder.
more humility in their feet.
–– less”
― Salt
“I’M NEVER GONNA WAIT THAT EXTRA TWENTY MINUTES TO
TEXT YOU BACK AND I’M NEVER GONNA PLAY HARD TO GET.
I KNOW YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN HARD ENOUGH ALREADY.”
― Take Me With You
TEXT YOU BACK AND I’M NEVER GONNA PLAY HARD TO GET.
I KNOW YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN HARD ENOUGH ALREADY.”
― Take Me With You
“My brother was born a soft whistle:
quiet, barely stirring the air, a gentle sound.
But I was born all the hurricane he needed
to lift - and drop- those that hurt him to the ground.”
― The Poet X
quiet, barely stirring the air, a gentle sound.
But I was born all the hurricane he needed
to lift - and drop- those that hurt him to the ground.”
― The Poet X
“w for war (1)
I
wasn’t a helmet
I wasn’t a boot
I wasn’t a mortar-shell
I wasn’t a tank
I
wasn’t a commander
I wasn’t a soldier
a minefield
barbed wire
an embankment, not me
I was a bit of a photograph, small, with no corners
in the left-hand breast pocket
over the smashed heart of a conscript.”
― When They Broke Down The Door: Poems
I
wasn’t a helmet
I wasn’t a boot
I wasn’t a mortar-shell
I wasn’t a tank
I
wasn’t a commander
I wasn’t a soldier
a minefield
barbed wire
an embankment, not me
I was a bit of a photograph, small, with no corners
in the left-hand breast pocket
over the smashed heart of a conscript.”
― When They Broke Down The Door: Poems
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