#warsan shire

[perfectquote]

To love and lose and still be kind.

Warsan Shire

[perfeqt]

To love and lose and still be kind.

Warsan Shire

[havingapoemwithyou]

what they did yesterday afternoon by Warsan Shire

[metamorphesque]

— 34 excuses for why we failed at love, Warsan Shire

[archiveofyearning]

LOVE AS VIOLENCE VS LOVE AS SOFTNESS

Ada Limon, The Good Fight // Mary Oliver, West Wind // Danez Smith, Bare // Sappho, Fragment 58.25-26 // Mitski, I Don’t Smoke // Ashe Vernon // Hozier, Cherry Wine // Shauna Barbosa, GPS // Richard Siken, Little Beast // Chen Chen, Summer [The sunflowers fall…] // Warsan Shire // Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

[resqectable]

My alone feels so good. I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.

Warsan Shire

[lunamonchtuna]

— Warsan Shire (via lunamonchtuna)

[facinaoris]

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head, Warsan Shire

[overthinksinbisexual]

love as violence

caitlin conlon, phantom pains // tina tran, out of the ruins // venetta octavia // iain thomas // yves olade, the miracle mile // sara manguso, love letter (clouds) // traci brimhall, come the slumberless to the land of nod // unknown // margaret atwood, power politics // madeline miller, circe // warsan shire // richard siken, planet of love // hozier, cherry wine

[thehopefulquotes]

Loving you was like going to war, I never came back the same.

Warsan Shire

[thefirstlivingart]

pain is not the only touchstone for growth

melanie martinez, womb / warsan shire, backwards / mary oliver, “blue iris.” devotions / jmfenner / nayyirah waheed / jenny slate, little weirds / @soapstore on tumblr / jenny slate, little weirds / ocean vuong, on earth we’re briefly gorgeous / sue zhao / @emmablowguns on twitter / jenny slate, little weirds / ottessa moshfegh, my year of rest and relaxation / @anariafortheendoftimes on tumblr / mary oliver, upstream / marya hornbacher, waiting / robert de flers

[typewriter-worries]

giving yourself the chance to let love in again

Speculative Realism, Bradley Trumpfheller | Backwards, Warsan Shire

[havingapoemwithyou]

the house by Warsan Shire

[perfectfeelings]

Perhaps the problem is not the intensity of your love but the quality of the people you are loving.

Warsan Shire

[weltonboys]

backwards - warsan shire