March 2012
i know this is petty
but i will never not find solace in the fact that i am prettier than her.
across the globe you exist, and within you exists a rare blossom, and if i nurture it it will turn into love, but i fear these blossoms are wilting with time and distance and then i speak of bombs and explosions it is not the fireworks when we kiss but the threats of violence that i am terrified will engulf you and when i watch the news i cannot turn it off because when i read the news your name...
“I was a young woman with an evolved mind who was not afraid of her beauty or her...”
– Lauryn Hill (via daughtersofdilla)
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February 2012
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can’t promise tomorrow, but i can promise tonight.
hands on my hips, pulling me in closer, a head dive, “no marks, right?” “yes, no marks” i miss you, or the idea of you, or the weight of you.
“You are always ticking inside of me and I dream of you more often than I don’t....”
– Sierra DeMulder, Unrequited Love Poem (via crudities)
baddominicana:
critical thinking skills really need to make a comeback.
i’m feeling like i might need to be near you
did you notice then when i kissed you i framed your face with my hands? because i noticed every change of breath.
sunra:
In this world love has no color yet how deeply my body is stained by yours.
Izumi Shikibu
comelylittletree:
“I didn’t want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you goodnight. And there’s a lot of difference.”
—Ernest Hemingway
“The slaves are taught that petitions or elections, or lobbying for this or that...”
– Larken Rose (via liberationfrequency)
What even is to be civilized.
(via scarlet—-skyline)
to be “civilized” is to act according to how your colonizers want you to. in other words, to grovel at rich white mens feet and let them keep their boot on your neck. (via baddominicana)
you need to learn to survive outside new york city
“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
“improve the image of biking” by not photographing any Black, Latin@, or Asian people.
How more blatant coud she be? :/
(via deliciouskaek)
usefulguilt:
it’s really difficult to remember how blessed you are when you’re in a college setting. it’s really easy to remember how stressed you are when you’re in a college setting.
so terribly true
i always forget that stress is a privilege
elevator
car
staircase
ocean
rain
subway
beach
i wish my skin was darker to hide my imperfections. i wish your voice was still being whispered in my ears, wish i could still feel your hands rounding out my shoulders. (i wish to feel smaller under your sheet, wish for the whole truth everytime you speak) ten different fantasy worlds in my head, the sun and you and new york and words you’ll never say. just wanna hear your voice again.
That awkward moment when you're trying to get over...
“Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.”
– Sylvia Plath (via soaphie)
