I'm a museum full of valuables, but you can't see — your eyes are closed.
how is it so easy for you
to be kind to people he asked
milk and honey dripped
from my lips as i answered
cause people have not
been kind to me
You may not have been the first love, but you were the love that turned the old ones into nothing.
No, it's not love that's cruel, it's us. Love is not a game, we turn it into a game ourselves.
Don't mistake salt for sugar. If he wants to be with you, he will. It's so simple.
He was supposed to be
the first male love of your life
you still search for him
everywhere
— father
The idea that we are
So capable of love
But still choose
To be toxic
A daughter should
Not have to
Beg her father
For a relationship
First his palms touched my mind, and only then my waist, hips or lips.
He didn't call me beautiful — he called me sophisticated.
Love will come.
And when that happens, love will attract you,
He will call you by name and melt your heart.
And also, as sometimes happens,
Love will smash him to pieces.
But never on purpose.
Love does not play games, because love knows that life is already hard.
Do not seek healing at the feet that have crushed you.
I don't know what living a balanced life feels like
When i am sad i don't cry, i pour
When i am happy i don't smile, i glow
When i am angry i don't yell, i burn
The good thing about feeling in extremes is when i love i give them wings but perhaps that isn't such a good thing? Cause they always tend to leave.
And you should see me when my heart is broken — i don't grieve i shatter.
she was a rose
in the hands of those
who had no intention
of keeping her
every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you
– to fathers with daughters
i’ve had sex she said
but i don’t know
what making love
feels like
My favorite thing about you is the smell.
You smell
earth,
grass
meadows
and a little more human than everyone else.
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