I have legs
that are always battered and bruised.
There is a filth
associated with the fact
that someone molded you
in their image, not yours.
Do you belong to yourself?
Did you ever really?
Your mother did not teach you
the treacherous ways
in which a woman must claim herself
over and over again.
Bloody tongues,
hesitant hands,
these are the things
that will kill me.

Michelle K., 8:19 in the Morning. (via blogjolras)

psychophoria:

psychophoria is a word of my own pen
from psukhē, a soul, a breath
from pherō, to bear, to carry
a carrying of your self and
the weight of your soul on your shoulders

i know how crushing it can be
to carry myself alone
but with you by my side
my soul feels as light as a feather
and i remember that i can fly

ginandjack:

your hands
made stars
trail heat and light
upon and under my skin
your lifts, scratches,
and drags
oily
but sometimes sharp
raising and razing
my soft palette
shivering with
longing and
delight

remember
when you painted
new constellations
on me all the night?