i'm probably crying

[mostlymoss]

[kristina100000]

anyways i only allow sweethearts into my life. sweeties only

[morbidology]

Washoe was a common chimpanzee and the first ever non-human to learn how to communicate with sign language. She was raised as close to a human child as possible. One of her care workers, Kat, suffered a miscarriage and took a few weeks off work. When she returned, Washoe seemed upset that she had left her for a prolonged period of time. Kat signed that she was sorry and signed “my baby died,” to which Washoe responded by signing the word “cry” before running her finger down Kat’s cheek, mimicking a tear. She then asked Kat for a hug. Washoe, who had lost her own babies, appeared to be sympathetic and understanding toward Kat’s own pain and loss.

[mostlymoss]

[mercifuloracle]

[intangible-dream]

My mother will tell you that I was a quiet child. I will tell you that I was born screaming and everyone looked away.

—Desireé Dallagiacomo - “I Forgive You”

[adirabennett]

“all the pain is in my stomach / and i am begging god to love me because the dirt is cold / inside my mouth but god is shapeless in the dark”

— Rachana Hegde, from “disposable,” published in Noble / Gas Qtrly (via ihoardwords)

[lustful-energy]

[mostlymoss]

still life in colorado

[weltenwellen]

“i always cry when i grocery shop. lingering in the produce aisle, turning every fruit over in my hands to find the ones unmarked. i want to ask you if you can love damaged goods. i want to ask you if you’re scared of your father.”

— helga floros, from “things i want to ask you.” published in Peach Mag

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“The last six months have been a unique hell, but that’s finished and I am fine now.”

— Sylvia Plath, from a letter to Paul and Clarissa Roche wr. c. January 1963

[maiabaia]

Mother by Maia Baia

[mexisco]

When Mitski said: “I spent all my teen-age years being obsessed with beauty, and I’m very resentful about it and I’m very angry, I had so much intelligence and energy and drive, and instead of using that to study more, or instead of pursuing something or going out and learning about or changing the world, I directed all that fire inward, and burnt myself up.” I felt that.

[hungries]

“I’m just a bird in the body of a girl afraid of heights.”

— Sabrina Benaim

[poetrycorner]

“I wouldn’t say I’m sensitive. I would say I’m highly susceptible to feeling a lot.”

— Sabrina Benaim (from First Date)

[lifeinpoetry]

I was never good at this body. 

There was always something in me so anxious to crawl out.

— kiki nicole, from NOBODY’S DAUGHTER

[schuylerpeck]

“Maybe it is my fault for not being career-driven. The truth is, I always planned on dying young; a handful of pills for breakfast or getting too cozy with an electric outlet. It was close, but I made it and I’m glad, but once you’ve given yourself to the thought of a short-lived life, once your future becomes a back up plan, getting by is the only thing that matters.”

— Schuyler Peck, Career Aptitude Tests For Those Of Us That Were Sure We Wouldn’t Need It