𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 ── 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴

𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑫 𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳 𝑆𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐸𝑆

━━━━━━ ᯽ ⋆ ˚ ‧: ⋄ ˙ ˑ 𖧷 ━━━━━━

━━━━━━ 𖧷 ︎⋆ ˚ ‧: ⋄ ˙ ˑ ᯽ ━━━━━━

‟ We have been sad long enough
to make this earth either weep or grow fertile.
I am an anachronism, a sport,
like the bee that was never meant to fly.
Science said so. I am not supposed to exist.
I carry death around in my body like a condemnation.
But I do live. The bee flies.
There must be some way to integrate death into living, neither ignoring it nor giving in to

━ It

—Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals