“It wasn't that I didn't love you– I needed protecting from my sisters & brothers / the ones whose anger I take because each pain means I was alive. My first memory comes not from your love but theirs.” LovePainAliveAngerSistersBrothersProtectingFirst Memory Book:Marys of the Sea Source: Marys of the Sea
“In Sunday school, love was taught like blueberries baking in crust: let simmer & don't eat it all at once. I always ate too much until my plate emptied. I don't want to go, but I am alone in this feeling. Left to carry it gracefully until I'm alive in someone else's memory.” LoveAliveMemoryAloneFeelingSunday SchoolSomeone Else Book:Marys of the Sea Source: Marys of the Sea
“… A librarian hands me a book of poetry – says it'll be my way of staying alone. Most words mean nothing when there's no right font for my feelings.” FeelingsPoetryWordsAloneLibrarianNothingBook Of PoetryStaying Alone Book:Marys of the Sea Source: Marys of the Sea
“… When I'm ready, my uterus will lunar eclipse. You could have been my baby. I was almost your mother. In the gap, I left you to fall– jarred starlight, steaming.” MotherFallReadyBabyStarlightUterusGapSteamingLunar Eclipse Book:Marys of the Sea Source: Marys of the Sea