"That summer I caught a butterfly
and devoured bowls of melons
but out of all those lies
‘I love you’ was most delicious."
and devoured bowls of melons
but out of all those lies
‘I love you’ was most delicious."
— Ocean Vuong, “Summer Romance,” published in Word Riot (via bostonpoetryslam)
(via nicola-blank)
"There is no one to save us
because there is no need to be saved.
I’ve hurt you. I’ve loved you. I’ve mowed
the front yard."
because there is no need to be saved.
I’ve hurt you. I’ve loved you. I’ve mowed
the front yard."
— Matthew Dickman, from Slow Dance (via unbloom)
(Source: deeplystained, via empanadaqueen)
"Say surrender. Say alabaster. Switchblade.
Honeysuckle. Goldenrod. Say autumn.
Say autumn despite the green
in your eyes. Beauty despite
daylight. Say you’d kill for it. Unbreakable dawn
mounting in your throat.
My thrashing beneath you
like a sparrow stunned
with falling."
Honeysuckle. Goldenrod. Say autumn.
Say autumn despite the green
in your eyes. Beauty despite
daylight. Say you’d kill for it. Unbreakable dawn
mounting in your throat.
My thrashing beneath you
like a sparrow stunned
with falling."
— Ocean Vuong, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” (via unbloom)
(Source: endless-unfolding, via empanadaqueen)
