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Celebrating the power of women who break the rules

I am alive to learn and unlearn, 
          to relearn and unlearn and learn again
          I am here to unpack and develop and understand the value in struggle
          I am here to hold my grief the way it deserves to be held for as long as that takes 
          I am here to learn that there is no judgment where there is love
          I am here to understand that I am not small 
          I am here, and I am learning that this is a big thing

What a privilege to be tired from work you once begged the universe for

Peaceful moon. I consist only of bones

Whenever I was asked what I wanted 
          my first impulse was to answer "nothing"

I can never read all the books want; 
          I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. 
          I can never train myself in all the skills I want. 
          And why do I want? 
          I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. 
          And I am horribly limited.

colossal desire to escape, retreat and not talk to anybody 

In the rain, what ineffable sweet pleasure swells 
          my heart, my heavy heart

I have enough memories
          to drink coffee all by myself in a cafe

It's better to be unhappy and know the worst,
          than to be happy in a fool's paradise