by Trista Mateer
““What if I don’t want to talk about grief even though I’m always choking on it? What if I don’t know how to carry this alone?”
“What if I don’t want to talk about grief even though I’m always choking on it? What if I don’t know how to carry this alone?”
““I am the golden arrow. I am anger caught in the throat I am what prowls the woods at night. I am what wants and devours. I am the heart on fire.”
“I am the golden arrow. I am anger caught in the throat I am what prowls the woods at night. I am what wants and devours. I am the heart on fire.”
““You called me a girl, but I am a portrait of the world on fire. You called me a girl, but I am a bruise that refuses to heal. You called me a girl, but I am a knife.”
“You called me a girl, but I am a portrait of the world on fire. You called me a girl, but I am a bruise that refuses to heal. You called me a girl, but I am a knife.”
““I supposed eldest daughters never really get to be children for long. Domestic life became a burden to me before it ever had a chance to be anything else.”
“I supposed eldest daughters never really get to be children for long. Domestic life became a burden to me before it ever had a chance to be anything else.”
““I will never be beholden to a man. I will answer only to myself. And I will never marry.”
“I will never be beholden to a man. I will answer only to myself. And I will never marry.”
““I hope I die before you so I never again have to live in a world without you in it.”
“I hope I die before you so I never again have to live in a world without you in it.”
““Say, the legacy of girlhood does not have to be one of pain.”
“Say, the legacy of girlhood does not have to be one of pain.”
““What did you do today? Existed quietly within myself. What will you do tomorrow? Exist with some degree of force.”
“What did you do today? Existed quietly within myself. What will you do tomorrow? Exist with some degree of force.”
““It's not right that I will carry the weight of this night forever and you can walk away like nothing happened.”
“It's not right that I will carry the weight of this night forever and you can walk away like nothing happened.”
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