perpetually human

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childishnotions:

writing is safer, somehow
because my pen cannot stutter like my lips do,
and words get stuck in throats,
not fingertips, can’t stumble
on paper trails of blue lines
because writing is definite and clear
and no one can tell if i am crying
or laughing
through written words alone 

(via petrichorchatoyant)

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You have my permission not to love me;
I am a cathedral of deadbolts
and I’d rather burn myself down
than change the locks.
Rachel McKibbens, “Letter From My Brain To My Heart” (via calloway)

(Source: larmoyante, via nkeka)