Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale Hurston
May 14th, 2013
April 12th, 2013
Sit with lovers and choose their state. Do not stay long with those who are not living in the heart.
Rumi
April 9th, 2013
My work is rewarded in daily wages. I will seek my final value in love.
Rabindranath Tagore
February 27th, 2013
Queer love songs b.steady singing :: “sometimes its hard to just love, without words to define”…”You don’t have to be my girlfriend, you don’t have to be my wife, maybe you can be my comrade, my team-mate for life…we could just be you and me, we could just be in love”
February 26th, 2013
you should move on
your heart is playing musical statues
waiting for the song to come back on
but everyone has left the party
and even the sun has turned its back on you.
January 19th, 2013
arms are meant for embracing
minds to cultivate dreams of flight
I see you blackchild
ebony skin and white teeth
resident of shadowlands
the carcass of Gulu town
morning has mothered no millet
afternoon no tea
howling belly full of gunfire
rumbling like raging sky
arms are meant for embracing
minds to cultivate dreams of flight
I see you blackhild
camouflage and swagger
patrolling Harlseden pavements
playground of rebels with no cause
dawn rises on broken bottles
dusk on spliffs and rock
howling belly full of gunfire
yearning for a new high
arms are meant for embracing
minds to cultivate dreams of flight
minds to cultivate dreams of flight
I see you blackchild
ebony skin and white teeth
resident of shadowlands
the carcass of Gulu town
morning has mothered no millet
afternoon no tea
howling belly full of gunfire
rumbling like raging sky
arms are meant for embracing
minds to cultivate dreams of flight
I see you blackhild
camouflage and swagger
patrolling Harlseden pavements
playground of rebels with no cause
dawn rises on broken bottles
dusk on spliffs and rock
howling belly full of gunfire
yearning for a new high
arms are meant for embracing
minds to cultivate dreams of flight
— Jessica Horn, from Speaking in Tongues
:: My comment on Gun Appreciation Day in the USA ::
January 18th, 2013
We must respond to violence with love”.
Dr. Denis Mukwege of Panzi Hopsital on his return to Bukavu, DRC a few days ago after surviving an assassination attempt (although his guard Joseph was killed, RIP). http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/world/africa/denis-mukwege-doctor-who-aids-rape-victims-returns-to-congo.html
December 23rd, 2012
The girl she said, I didn’t tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts at home when they walk outside. Hearts are so precious. They don’t want to lose them.
Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory
December 11th, 2012
I must be honest with you
letting you kiss me is something new to me
I am not sure if you want this heart
you see
its bruised
like an old fruit
its been through some things
I have nothing to give
but stories
of the places I’ve been
the battles I’ve lost
and these wounds
that are helping me discover
how to love
“Versos” -Yosimar Reyes (via yosimar)
December 8th, 2012
Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. If I wanted to detach completely, I would move my body away. I would stop the conversation midsentence. I would leave the bed. Instead, I hover over it for a second. I glance off in another direction. But I always glance back at you.
The Lover’s Dictionary, David Levithan (via loveyourchaos)
*heart work is REAL work.* ❤
(via noldarling)
