Salt

i don't pay attention to the world ending. it has ended for me many times and began again in the morning.

i bleed every month. but do not die. how am i not magic. – the lie

where you are. is not who you are. – circumstances

you broke the ocean in half to be here. only to meet nothing that wants you. – immigrant

in our own ways we all break. it is okay to hold your heart outside of your body for days. months. years. at a time. – heal

both. i want to stay. i want to leave. i am three oceans away from my soul. – lost

there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh

i have always been the woman of my dreams.

cruel mothers are still mothers. they make us wars. they make us revolution. they teach us the truth. early. mothers are humans. who sometimes give birth to their pain. instead of children. – hate

i think one of the most pathological things i have ever seen is stabbing someone and then telling them that their pain and anger over being stabbed is making you sad. – white guilt

no' might make them angry but it will make you free. - if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger.

there is no healthier drug than creativity.

listen to my poems but do not look for me look for you.

would you still want to travel to that country if you could not take a camera with you. – a question of appropriation

you ask your heart why it is always hurting. it says ‘this is the only thing you will allow me to say to you. the only feeling you are willing to feel.

can we speak in flowers. it will be easier for me to understand.

go. enjoy. leave. it was all about you, anyway.

if someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. but if i do not want me. the world is nothing but endings.

you. not wanting me. was the beginning of me wanting myself. thank you. -the hurt

poetry. is the fire leaving my body.

you are a story. do not become a word. one word. because you want to be loved. love does not ask you to be nothing for something.

the worst thing that ever happened to the world was the white man coming across gun powder. –– the end of the world | the beginning of white supremacy

sit in the ocean. it is one of the best medicines on the planet. – the water

why can we never talk about the blood. the blood of our ancestors. the blood of our history. the blood between our legs. – blood

does he not remember he is half woman.

i found flaws and they were beautiful. – ugly

i will tell you, my daughter of your worth not your beauty every day.

she asked ‘you are in love what does love look like’ to which i replied ‘like everything i’ve ever lost come back to me.

if the ocean can calm itself so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air. – meditation

a lie is simply a lie. it draws its strength from belief. stop believing in what hurts you. – power