“you were born for you. you were wanted by you. you came for you. you are here for you. your existence is yours. yes. you will want him. (and on odd and warm nights he will think of you and hold himself tighter.) but. what you do not get. from him. does not make you less. does not make you unwanted. (trust that all you did not receive. all you need. will come to you. in time. the universe is infinite.’)” LoveUniverseFatherKnowingSelf WorthManifest Book:Nejma Source: Nejma
“left. when you were in the womb. took his blood. and walked out the door. while you were in the house of your mother. in the house of your mother. took his blood. when you needed it most. if he could keep searching his hands. in the midst of your creation. could hear you forming on your mother’s life. on his life. and gather all his feet in secret. all the other wild adventures of missing. he would drag you through. would only ever be this wound. over and over and over again. your father left. when you were in the womb. took his blood. and walked out the door. it would be the first and final. of all the leavings. — all the leavings” FatherLeavingAbandonmentDaddy Issues Book:Nejma Source: Nejma