Azra Tabassum's Blog, page 162
January 26, 2015
"Let’s admit, without apology, what we do to each other."
“Let’s admit, without apology, what we do to each other.”
- Richard Siken, exerpt of “Detail of the Fire,” in War of Foxes
- Richard Siken, exerpt of “Detail of the Fire,” in War of Foxes
"Like a snake, my heart
has shed its skin.
I hold it here in my hand,
full of honey and wounds."
“Like a snake, my heart
has shed its skin.
I hold it here in my hand,
full of honey and wounds.”
- Federico García Lorca, ”New Heart”
has shed its skin.
I hold it here in my hand,
full of honey and wounds.”
- Federico García Lorca, ”New Heart”
Is loving and worshipping the same?
Sometimes when you touch someone’s body it’s like you’re bowing for them. It’s like head bent, on your knees devotion. Sometimes people touch you the same way they touch sacred things. Sometimes it’s the fiercest most violent thing. Sometimes there’s nothing holy at all about what hands can do.
January 25, 2015
God, you are so beautiful and I know beautiful is such a tired word and everyone has heard it so many times and yes, the true meaning of words have slowly been becoming diluted since the beginning of time but your poetry has always been the strongest, pure
Oh, you made it less tired, sweetheart. You made it wonderful. Thank you.
"come back so i can say yes this time do it again now that i know what to call what you did.
this..."
“come back so i can say yes this time do it again now that i know what to call what you did.
this time i’ll be ready i like it rough now and i’m done with romance i never met another man who loved me so much at first sight he had to hurt me to do it.”
- Daphne Gottlieb (via feellng)
this time i’ll be ready i like it rough now and i’m done with romance i never met another man who loved me so much at first sight he had to hurt me to do it.”
- Daphne Gottlieb (via feellng)
I haven’t petted a dog in a really long time and I’m pretty sure I’m going through...
I haven’t petted a dog in a really long time and I’m pretty sure I’m going through withdrawal
"I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining..."
“I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You’re not just imagining things. It’s tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.”
- Björk
- Björk
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