It feels good to think about you when I’m warm in bed. I feel as if you’re curled up there beside me, fast asleep. And I think how great it would be if it were true.
— Haruki Murakami (via hellanne)
brown femme, moon priestess: kefiyat: Daughters give me hope. In Urdu, we say that a daughter is...
Daughters give me hope. In Urdu, we say that a daughter is rehmat (blessing) but society turns her life into zehmat (inconvenience).
Gonna teach my daughters to be loud and vibrant. Gonna teach them to never fear three things: Men, money and madness. Gonna teach them to subvert…
In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
— Octavia Butler (via browngirlinorange)
