“
Loving her will not
always be easy.
always be easy.
She will weave herself
into bad poetry some
nights to keep you
from seeing her without
her skin.
into bad poetry some
nights to keep you
from seeing her without
her skin.
One day, you will
see her without
her skin.
see her without
her skin.
She will pull on the
edges of herself until
she has come
completely unraveled
on the kitchen floor.
edges of herself until
she has come
completely unraveled
on the kitchen floor.
She does not need
help picking herself
back up, but the
company is nice every
once in a while.
help picking herself
back up, but the
company is nice every
once in a while.
One day, she will
show you what it
means to be made
of something so
easily pulled apart.
show you what it
means to be made
of something so
easily pulled apart.
Some nights, she
will need herself more
than she needs you.
will need herself more
than she needs you.
There are stars in
her eyes that burn like
hell if you bury yourself
against them for too
long, do not let this
stop you from seeing
them.
her eyes that burn like
hell if you bury yourself
against them for too
long, do not let this
stop you from seeing
them.
She will not always
be easy to convince,
she will wake up each
morning wrapped
around the worry that
your heart stopped
beating for her over
night.
be easy to convince,
she will wake up each
morning wrapped
around the worry that
your heart stopped
beating for her over
night.
She will love you
with everything she
has ever had.
with everything she
has ever had.
Do not take her
away from herself.
”away from herself.
— | on loving firecracker women, Emma Bleker (via stolenwine) |