“You are a horse running alone
and he tries to tame you . . .
you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love.”
This feels like I’ve been looking for these words & knowing them almost all my life! Such beauty. Such achingly astute truth-telling.
Tags: beauty, on love, Poetry, the coolness, viva la black girl, Warsan Shire
March 21, 2012 at 1:40 pm |
Vivid.
March 21, 2012 at 4:24 pm |
Very! 🙂