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"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."
- anais nin.

My favourite quote ever!

Warsan Shire]

I felt my body sigh like a flower opening to the sun
-- Chris Abani

I felt my body sigh like a flower opening into the sun
it was always like this whenever you touched me
my body may be dirty but my mouth is a clean mouth
and your forehead, an expansion of veins
your forehead, like a map of train lines
our legs over lapping like train lines
on a map
show me where your father is on a map
show me how far you travelled to look like him
on my body I can show you pockmarks
scars from things I should have never touched
and stretch marks
again like our legs, like the veins on your forehead
when you're above me and your eyes are closed buds
like your father jumping borders on maps
this is what my body looks like naked
over lapping from a distance
mottled skin from tight bras and leather belts
you can fake my skin into constellations
you can fake me into beauty
you can tell me I'm worth loving
but at my peak I'm sapling
seedling
dandelions
only coming alive when you touch me.