Status Updates From Envenenada

“It’s not the poisoned objects that’s kill us. It’s not the poisoners who are the murderers. It is us. We, ourselves. We listen to the snakes. We let the scorpions get close. We believe the hisses, the whispers, the words that tell us all we are not and will never be…. Venom can be drawn from flesh, but poisoned words lodge deep in our hearts, where no antidote can reach.”

“Love is a fearsome thing. It is braver than generals, stronger than fortresses. It opens graves and pulls rings off corpses. It sits up through the long, lonely night with a failing child. It fashions hearts out of scraps and bits and rusty things and makes them beat on, no matter how many times they break.”

Kiddish