Learning to Speak Quotes

“I know somewhere
you have my heart in an exhibit,
with pins holding it open on display
in one of those cases that usually keep
beautiful dead butterflies.
I know you like to watch as it
struggles through the agony
still trying to beat for you
in all its reckless glory.”
― Kat Savage, Learning to Speak

“And if you could stop looping back around to take
a little more of me each time,
I think I could heal.
I can't let you use me as a pit stop anymore.
I can't let you come and go as you please.”
― Kat Savage, Learning to Speak

“My heart is an abandoned house,
with the windows boarded up
and the front doorknob missing.
People came to visit,
they came and went,
left their garbage,
left anything they no longer wanted.
There are ghosts in the walls
and regret has been ground into
the carpet.
No one wants to live here.
Not even me.”
― Kat Savage, Learning to Speak

“In so many ways
you think I am beautiful,
and in so many ways
you are relieved to be
at a safe distance.
You cannot look away
from my magnificence,
but you are so glad
you are not mangled
in my steel.”
― Kat Savage, Learning to Speak