Poem Quote #7073745
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trying to convince myself i am allowed to take up space is like

trying to convince myself
i am allowed
to take up space
is like writing with
my left hand
when i was born
to use my right

— the idea of shrinking is hereditary

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posted May 31, 2017 at 10:26pm UTC tagged with poem, rupikaur, milkandhoney, quote

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So, do it. Decide. Is this the life you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? Is this the best you can be? Can you be stronger? Kinder? More compassionate? Decide. Breathe in. Breathe out and decide.
emptying out of my mother's belly was my first act of disappearance learning to shrink for a family who likes their daughters invisible was the second the art of being empty is simple believe them when they say you are nothing repeat it to yourself like a wish i am nothing i am nothing i am nothing so often the only reason you know you're still alive is from the heaving of your chest — the art of being empty