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— v // erica jong, insomnia & poetry (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

to be seen without performing. to be heard without screaming. to be missed without disappearing. to be enough without proving it. to be held without falling apart. to be understood without explaining. to be wanted without conditions. to be. to be.

when someone fucks you over, don’t you dare ask yourself, “what did i do to deserve this?”  NOTHING. you didn’t do shit. someone taking advantage of your kindness will never be your fault.

— v, from “excerpt from a book i will never write” (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

You gave me up like an old toy.

Joy Sullivan, “Want", Instructions for Traveling West

Emily Dickinson, from her poem titled "1188," featured in The Emergency Poet

I’d rather soak myself in loneliness than to be soiled by hands that do not know they are hurting me.

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