salt.

by Nayyirah Waheed

you broke the ocean in half to be here. only to meet nothing that wants you. –– immigrant

both. i want to stay. i want to leave. i am three oceans away from my soul. –– lost

as a woman i know the difference between appreciation and teeth. what really hurts is that as a girl i had to know the same thing. –– survivor

if you are softer than before they came. you have been loved.

there have been so many times i have seen a man wanting to weep but instead beat his heart until it was unconscious. –– masculine