Adrienne Rich, From Integrity.

— Adrienne Rich, from “Integrity.”

May you live an existence that doesn’t require constant resilience.

the night of counting the years + swan upon leda (hozier) 

the gateway to the world is still outside the reach of him

for @someuntroddenbrake

this year all of me was murdered & yet I AM STILL HERE

— Arabelle Sicardi, from “The Year in Ugliness.”

I wish I wrote the way I thought Obsessively Incessantly With maddening hunger I’d write to the point of suffocation I’d write myself into nervous breakdowns Manuscripts spiralling out like tentacles into abysmal nothing And I’d write about you A lot more Than I should

- I Wish I Wrote the Way I Thought, Benedict Smith

Alexandria… Why? (Youssef Chahine, 1979)