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[ihopeucomehomesoon]

this is a prayer to me

[alice-wonder-woman]

In another universe,

I meet my father

when he is a child.

We play catch in the woods

and as we play he tells me

he isn't allowed to cry

but sometimes the world

hurts him and he doesn't know

what to do with all that pain.

So I give him the shoulder

he needs to cry on.

And he does. He does

until the tears are done.

Afterwards, I buy him ice cream

and I listen to his laugh,

the glowing warm laugh

of a child who knows he is safe.

I wish someone could

have done that for him.

Been a kind, safe place

for the child he used to be.

Would it have made a difference?

Would it have made a difference?

- Nikita Gill

[womaninspace]

it makes me sad that daddy issues are sexualized

[darkacademiaposts]

Pour water over each wound. What about the wound inside me, the wound I was born into? Where do I pour when I am the wound? I am what wounds me.

Sanna Wani, from "Princess Mononoke (1997)", My Grief, the Sun

[womaninspace]

When I am having a hard day

I Close my eyes and there you reside.

[perfectquote]

“You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now.”

— Olivia Benson

[thoughtkick]

“My biggest regrets in life are being too damn nice, apologizing when I didn’t do anything wrong, and making unworthy people a priority in my life.”

— Unknown

[lifeinpoetry]

Sometimes, I cry so hard I can feel it in my ribs. / I feel like the real me is backed into a corner inside me

— Ama Asantewa Diaka, from "Saturday Evening WhatsApp Message," Woman, Eat Me Whole

[farmgirlatheart]

[tunisian]

i love this world, even in its hard places

encyclopedia of an ordinary life, amy krouse rosenthal / sometimes it hurts, but i'm happy i'm alive by @sunsbleeding / @arthoesunshine / imaginary conversation, linda pastan / deactivated tumblr user @salemwitchtrials / thank you my fate, anna swir

[perfectquote]

“There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.”

— Franz Kafka, Letters To Felice

[feral-ballad]

Cristina Peri Rossi, tr. by Diana P. Decker, from These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women; from “Evohé”

[Text ID: "tired of the flesh, / its tremblings and yearnings, / like a hermit, / I took refuge in words."]

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anne carson

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— Anne Carson, from “Red Doc>.”

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— Christa Wolf, from “Cassandra.”

[weltenwellen]

Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

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— Hanif Kureishi, from “The Buddha of Suburbia.”

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— Tristan Tzara, from Selected Verses; “Approximate Man.”