

“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
―
―

“the world is a messed up place
rolled off your tongue
like an arrogant excuse
it鈥檚 easy to say that
when drone strikes aren鈥檛
leveling your block in Brooklyn
when stop-and-frisk isn鈥檛
haunting your every move
when your baby鈥檚
blood-spattered body isn鈥檛
plastered onto your
Park Slope avenue”
― Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine
rolled off your tongue
like an arrogant excuse
it鈥檚 easy to say that
when drone strikes aren鈥檛
leveling your block in Brooklyn
when stop-and-frisk isn鈥檛
haunting your every move
when your baby鈥檚
blood-spattered body isn鈥檛
plastered onto your
Park Slope avenue”
― Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine
“Sometimes loneliness makes the loudest noise.”
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