Citas de Aquí la princesa se salva sola
ah, life—
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales.
once upon a time, the princess rose from the ashes her dragon lovers made of her & crowned herself the mother-fucking queen of herself. - how’s that for a happily ever after?.
i’m not scared
of the monsters
hidden underneath
my bed.
i’m much more scared
of the boys
with messy brown hair,
sleepy eyes,
& mouths
that only know
how to form
half-truths.
i’m pretty sure you have s t a r d u s t running through those v e i n s. - women are some kind of magic.
fiction:
the ocean
i dive
headfirst
into
when i
can
no longer
breathe
in
reality.
- a mermaid escapist II.
the princess locked herself away in the highest tower, hoping a knight in shining armor would come to her rescue. - i didn’t realize i could be my own knight.
raid your library. read everything you can get your hands on & then some. go on, collect words & polish them up until they shine like starlight in your palm. make words your finest weapons— a gold-hilted sword to cut your enemies d o w n. - a survival plan of sorts.
sticks & stones never broke my bones, but words made me starve myself until you could see all of them. -.
all of the oceans
& galaxies
did not
conspire together to
create me
just so i could
reproduce for
you.
-Startling Fact #1.
the love
some girls
have for
other girls
is
so gentle
& so soft
& so fucking
beautiful,
&
these girls
deserve
to have
better stories
than the ones
where they
are murdered
because they love
with too much
of their
hearts.
-love is never a weakness.
When I had
no friends
I reached inside
my beloved
books
& sculpted some
out of
12 pt
Times new roman.
-- & it was almost good enough.
if you
don't want to
end up in
someone else's
poem,
then maybe
you should
start
treating
people
better
for
a
change.
- an unapologetic poet.
when I die, do not waste a minute mouring me. I may go, but I will leave behind all my thousand & one lives — a bookmad girl never dies.
a
world
where all
human beings
are taken care of
shouldn't be called
a "revolutionary"
way of life
& yet
it is.
-burn.
where
do all the
memories go,
the ones we
hide away
with
lock &
key yet
continue
to shape
us all the
s a m e?
"- did it really happen if i can't remember it?.
just because they don’t hit you doesn’t mean it isn’t abuse. wouldn’t you think it a crime to look up at the night sky & tell the stars that they have no sparkle? guess what? you shine brighter than all the starlight there has ever been or ever will be. - emotional abuse is still abuse.
write the story.
push your hands into the dirtiest parts of yourself.
take the rot & decay & turn it into nourishment & life.
water it & sing to it & show it sunlight.
grow a beautiful garden from your aching & teach yourself how to thrive from it.
write your story.
friend request from ........."
a) the girl who said you were ugly.
b) the girl who said your voice was off-key.
c) the girl who refused to defend you.
d) the girl who laughed at you behind your back & to your face.
e) the girl who took your lunch money every day because she said you didn't need to eat.
f) the girl who said you were "fat" even after you starved yourself to death.
g) the girl who was supposed to be your best friend.
h) all the above.
-keep pressing ignore, lovely.
if
love
is a
battlefield,
then i
must have
forgotten
all of
my armor
at home.
-a war i never agreed to fight.
you
are not
obligated
to have
children
just because
your body
has that capability.
you
are so
so
so
much more
than the
possibility
of
children.
you give
birth
to oceans
every
single day.
-your friendly neighborhood man-hater & child-eater.
the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.
he did not teach me how to love myself, but he was the bridge that helped me get here. - i thank the universe every day for you.
he promised to fix me & he left me more s h a t t e r e d than i had been before. - but now i’ve got gold in the cracks.
you will think
your parents are
shatterproof
until one day
you find out
they aren't.
- what it really means to lose your innocence.
you may not have left (many) bruises on my skin, but you left giant blackberry bruises all over my soul. - i still wonder who i would have been.
The pain did not make me a better person. It did not teach me not to take anything for granted. It did not teach me anything except how to be afraid to love anyone.
i had a
big smile
on my face
as i burned
the bridges
to all the things
i could not
repair
-does the smoke still choke you?.
i hope you can find it in your heart to be proud of the woman i have become in spite of you. - still hoping for sugar instead of salt.
over the decades
her books became
such a part
of her
that
the ink
somehow escaped
her veins & bloomed
her favorite
words & images
onto her skin.
now
the world
would have
no doubt:
she
was the
pagebound
girl- page to skin.
if i ever
have a
daughter,
the first
thing
i will
teach her
to love
will be
the word
"no"
&
i will
not
let her feel
guilty for using
it.
⎻"no" is short for "fuck off.
once upon a time, the princess rose from the ashes her dragon lovers made of her & crowned herself the mother-fucking queen of herself. -.
i used to think
i was broken
because
i never once
spent my
daydreams
plucking
swollen pomegranates
from
someone else's tree.
- then i learned that society is broken, not me.
fiction: the ocean i dive headfirst into when i can no longer breathe in reality. - a mermaid escapist II.
if he was
my cup of tea,
then you are
my cup of
coffee.
tea simply
isn’t
enough
for me
sometimes,
but
coffee
can get me
through
anything.
- did i make you up?.
be wary
of the boys who
only ever tell
half-thruths
because they
will only ever be
half in love
with you
-slay those dragons.
the love
some girls
have for
other girls
is
so gentle
& so soft
& so fucking
beautiful,
& these girls
deserve
to have
better stories
than the ones
where they
are murdered
because they love
with too much
of their
hearts.
- love is never a weakness.
birds
can't
fly away
when you
clip
one of
their wings.
you
weren't
satisfied
with just
clipping
one of
my wings.
you tore
both
out from
the root
to make sure
i could
never fly
anywhere
ever
again.
- mother & daughter.
sticks & stones
never broke
my bones,
but words
made me
starve myself
until
you could
see all of them.
-skin & bone.
i
let myself
know
that my life
doesn't
have to be over
just because
theirs are
& i went
ahead
& painted
the sun
back into
my sky.
I am allowed to live my life.
When I see your light pieces with my dark pieces, I begin to understand why they say opposites attract.
if you ever look at your reflection & feel the desire to tell yourself you’re not good enough, beautiful enough, skinny enough, curvy enough, then i think it’s about time you smashed that mirror to bits, don’t you? - use those fragments to make stepping-stones to your own self-love.
fuck the idea / that there is / such a thing / as destiny, / that there exists / some kind of / mysterious master plan, / that there is a god who / simply / does not / give us anything / we cannot / handle.
the pain / did not / make me / a better person. / it did not / teach me not to / take anything / for granted. / it did not / teach me anything / except how / to be afraid / to love anyone.
i am / far too / young / to be so / goddman/ broken / & / if i could go back / in time / & give / myself / her childhood / back, / i would
- what was the point?.
How can
someone
be
too young
to be
in love
when we were
crafted
from
ocean waves
& starlight?
-young love.
The princess
jumped from
the tower
& she
learned
that she
could fly
all along
- she never needed those wings.