Where I Live; October 2023
I’ve lived here for a year and didn’t know these fields were walking distance! I’ll be coming back here for some more Shire vibes soon 🌾🌳
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— Warsan Shire (via lunamonchtuna)
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pain is not the only touchstone for growth
melanie martinez, womb / warsan shire, backwards / mary oliver, “blue iris.” devotions / jmfenner / nayyirah waheed / jenny slate, little weirds / @soapstore on tumblr / jenny slate, little weirds / ocean vuong, on earth we’re briefly gorgeous / sue zhao / @emmablowguns on twitter / jenny slate, little weirds / ottessa moshfegh, my year of rest and relaxation / @anariafortheendoftimes on tumblr / mary oliver, upstream / marya hornbacher, waiting / robert de flers
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Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.
Warsan Shire
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My alone feels so good. I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.
Warsan Shire
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Loving you was like going to war, I never came back the same.
Warsan Shire
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The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night, for even then, we have the moon.
Warsan Shire, Our Men Do Not Belong To Us
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— Warsan Shire, Home
[text ID: Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women; kitchen of lust, / bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. / Sometimes the men - they come with keys, / and sometimes, the men - they come with hammers.]
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It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.
Warsan Shire
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I’m sorry you were not truly loved and that it made you cruel.
Warsan Shire
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