not now son, daddy’s trying to take a selfie
every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you.
to fathers with daughters - rupi kaur (via soulsscrawl)
Cicadas bury themselves in small mouths
of the tree’s hollow, lie against the bark tongues like amulets,though it is I who pray I might shake off this skin and be raised
from the ground again. I have nothingto confess. I don’t yet know that I possess
a body built for love.
Richie Hofmann, “Idyll,” published in The New Yorker (via bostonpoetryslam)
hot mama in town !
Black women are powerful
Black women are important
Black women are amazing.
Black women are magic.
Black women are strong
Black women are unstoppable.
Black women are inspiring
Black women are magnificent
Black women are astonishing
black women are a gift from the universe
Black Women Are A Blessing .
black woman are loveable.
black women intelligent and innovative
Black women are beautiful creation From God
Black women are everything
Black women are forever Queens
Black Women Personafy Perseverence
Black women are nurturing
Black women are to be treasured.
me: has had 2 good days in a row
my brain: It’s Time
me: for what
my brain: It’s Time
I should have known but the water
never told me. It sealed its blue lips
after swallowing you, it licked my ankles
like a dog. I won’t lie
and say the ocean begged for forgiveness;
it gleams unchanged in the sun.
Some things are so big they take and take
and remain exactly the same size.
Leila Chatti, “upon realizing there are ghosts in the water,” shortlisted for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize (via bostonpoetryslam)
