"she says she cries over me on the train to and from work and one day it will be better but it isn’t..."

“she says she cries over me on the train to and from work and one day it will be better but it isn’t better now. she is just like my mother, but alive. knows how to love

quietly, completely.

something about the way black women hold your heart. you can leave them all you like but you cant stay gone.”

- Yrsa Daley-Ward: the situation