❛ i don’t MISS the sky ( i don’t, i don’t, i don’t ), i don’t miss the BLACK HOLES & glass HEARTS or my healer’s hands & my best friend’s smile. i don’t miss it. there’s NOTHING left to miss. down here i’ve got a KINGDOM; down here i’ve got a FIGHT. down here i’ve got a reason to DOUSE my hands in blood & GASOLINE & light myself on FIRE to try to save the world. i don’t miss not knowing the way the earth CRUMBLES in my grasp. i don’t miss not seeing the STARS above me instead of around. & i don’t miss the BOY i loved or the parents i USED to know. i don’t miss how my world was CRACKED & splintering & still – & still, it was WHOLE, & BRIGHT, & WARM. somehow, i don’t miss the SKY. i don’t, i don’t, I DON’T. if you’re listening to me: i don’t miss a SINGLE thing about that old SHIP floating in the stars. there’s nothing there, not ANYMORE, & everything i love is here: on EARTH, in hearts & hands & small, WAVERING smiles – my people, my kingdom, my world. ❜
❛ i really HOPE they’re doing OKAY without me ( & at the same time, i hope ;; i’ll do okay WITHOUT them ) ❜
















