I'm just fearing one day soon I'll lose my mind Then I'll lose my children Then I'll lose my love Then I'll sit in silence Let the pictures soak
Forced intimacy is an ugly thing.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
Amsterdam by Daughter (via fables-of-the-reconstruction)
I'll teach her to develop all of her selves,
the courageous ones,
the smart ones,
the dreaming ones,
the fast ones.
I'll teach her that she has an army inside her
that can save her life.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
never forget what they did to you
and never let them know you remember
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
I'll tell her that when the words finally flow too fast
and she has no use for a pen
that she must quit her job
run out of the house in her bathrobe,
heaving the door open.
I'll teach her to follow the words.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
I'll make sure she always carries a pen
so she can take down the evidence.
If she has no paper, I'll teach her to
write everything down on her tongue,
write it on her thighs.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
I'll tell her to say Fuck like other people say the word The
and when people are shocked
to ask them why they so fear a small quartet
of letters.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
I'll teach her that the fire will not consume her,
that she must take it and use it.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
I'll tell her about the power of water
the seduction of paper
the promise of gasoline
and the hope of blood.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
I'll tell her to be tri-sexual to try anything,
to sleep with, fight with, pray with anyone,
just as long as she feels something.
From Daughter by Nicole Blackman
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elevenhurricanes
Smother by Daughter (via autobibliography)