graham-bailey:

creouniverso:

For Women Who Are Difficult to Love - written and performed by Warsan Shire

You are a horse running alone
and he tries to tame you
compares you to an impossible highway
to a burning house
says you are blinding him
that he could never leave you
forget you
want anything but you
you dizzy him, you are unbearable
every woman before or after you
is doused in your name
you fill his mouth
his teeth ache with memory of taste
his body just a long shadow seeking yours
but you are always too intense
frightening in the way you want him
unashamed and sacrificial
he tells you that no man can live up to the one who
lives in your head
and you tried to change didn’t you?

closed your mouth more
tried to be softer
prettier
less volatile, less awake
but even when sleeping you could feel
him travelling away from you in his dreams
so what did you want to do love
split his head open?
you can’t make homes out of human beings
someone should have already told you that
and if he wants to leave
then let him leave
you are terrifying
and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love.
****

Director, Producer : Andrea Cortes-Juarbe & Christine Mehr
Editor: Christine Mehr
Co-Editor: Andrea Cortes-Juarbe
Special thanks - Lauren Stanton, Sara’o Bery, Ada Pinkston, Isa Nakazawa

Audio mashed by Christine Mehr
Instrumental track - Zoe Keating’s “Sun Will Set.”

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wow.

Her poetry is magic.

  • Reblogged from TILT!

  • April 06, 2012, 3:15pm

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  1. bruisdnotbrkn reblogged this from itwasntnikk and added:
    Reblogging, again…
  2. burninator reblogged this from creouniverso and added:
    This hit home so much that I read it over and over and forwarded it to my best friends.
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  4. littlefists reblogged this from lexluthr and added:
    i have reblogged this before and i will continue to reblog it every single time it crosses my dash
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  8. utterlybanal reblogged this from los-deadboys and added:
    This is beautiful. For anyone (regardless of gender).
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    amazing
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    I’ve been accused of this before.
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    damn… this is kind of relevant
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    wow =’/ This is too perfect and beautiful. I can’t evenn right now.
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    This is the most beautiful creation
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    this kinda breaks my heart.
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