“the person who did this to you is broken. Not you. The person who did this to you is out there, choking on the glass of his chest. It is a windshield and his heartbeat is a baseball bat: regret this, regret this. Nothing was stolen from you. Your body is not a hand-me-down. There is nothing that sits inside you holding your worth, no locket that can be seen or touched, fucked from your stomach to be left on concrete.” InspirationalWomenStrengthSelf WorthWorthRapeSexual AssaultMetoo Book:The Bones Below Source: The Bones Below
“I’ve hoarded your name in my mouth for months. My throat is a beehive pitched in the river. Look! Look how long this love can hold its breath.” LoveDevotionDevotedDevoted LoveSierra DemulderToday Means Amen Book:Today Means Amen Source: Today Means Amen