lifeinpoetry:

“I need more than 26 letters to articulate / How I survived you.”

— jessica Care moore, from “She Was.” We Want Our Bodies Back

tristamateer:

“I’ve found a way to talk publicly about healing without stumbling over the words, but some nights I still sneak home to crack myself open like a bad egg. The smell of my sorrow seeps into everything.”

— Trista Mateer