simoneweils: “Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights; the accumulations of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like braille. I like to keep my body rolled up away from prying eyes. Never unfold too much, tell the whole story. …

violentwavesofemotion: “My eyes ache with the weight of unshed tears. You are my home, do you not understand?” — Amy Lowell, from The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell; “The Fruit Garden Path,”