#warsanshire

[bydayiamnothingandbynightiami]

where does it hurt?

everywhere

everywhere

everywhere *** THESSALONIKI 1. Martiou 2. Foinikas 3. City center 4. Stavroupoli 5. Kalochori

[piezasdealma]

“Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.” (Warsan Shire)

[lovequotespost]

Warsan Shire

[imbirdgerhl]

For Women Who Are Difficult to Love

by Warsan Shire

you are a horse running alone

and he tries to tame you

compares you to an impossible highway

to a burning house

says you are blinding him

that he could never leave you

forget you

want anything but you

you dizzy him, you are unbearable

every woman before or after you

is doused in your name

you fill his mouth

his teeth ache with memory of taste

his body just a long shadow seeking yours

but you are always too intense

frightening in the way you want him

unashamed and sacrificial

he tells you that no man can live up to the one who

lives in your head

and you tried to change didn’t you?

closed your mouth more

tried to be softer

prettier

less volatile, less awake

but even when sleeping you could feel

him travelling away from you in his dreams

so what did you want to do love

split his head open?

you can’t make homes out of human beings

someone should have already told you that

and if he wants to leave

then let him leave

you are terrifying

and strange and beautiful

something not everyone knows how to love.

[greywillow3]

i learn urgently the architecture of loss then find you again. Warsan Shire #words #warsanshire #poetry #stormy #loss #healing #grayskies https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvnUg9pp97/?utm_medium=tumblr

[quotaholic]

I think of lovers as trees, growing to and from one another, searching for the same light.

Warsan Shire

[galintisi]

"Kimse terk etmez yurdunu, yurdu bir köpek balığının ağzı olmadıkça. Kimse çocuğunu bir kayığa bindirmez, su karadan daha güvenli olmadıkça." Home, Warsan Shire

[sojournersverdad]

Grandmother, the alchemist, you spun gold out of this hard life, conjured beauty from the things left behind. Found healing where it did not live. Discovered the antidote in your own kitchen. Broke the curse with your own two hands. You passed these instructions down to your daughter who then passed it down to her daughter. #thankyou #gratitude #blackgirlhealing #blackselfcare #blackgirlmagic #warsanshire https://www.instagram.com/p/B5hDekTAPwf/?igshid=18xu7rzpth748