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21 " When will I sop belonging to this hungry thing inside of me? "
― Clementine von Radics , Mouthful of Forevers
22 " In my struggle to survive I hurt others. Apologies do not make good bandages "
23 " I stopped going to my therapistBecause I knew my therapistwas right, and I wantedto keep being wrong. "
24 " You break the heartsof better peoplewho get in your way. "
25 " There is a river running through this city and every time my best friend laughs I want to grab him by the shoulders and shout Grow old with me and never kiss me on the mouth! I want to spend the next eighty years together, eating Doritos and riding bikes. "
26 " People like us are not good with words.What we mean gets muddled and wrongsomewhere between our mindsand our mouths. We make art to say how we feel. Here: These are the chordsto Make You Feel My Love. "
27 " I am 22 and cryig because this new set of promises wants to kiss me, and I still taste like betrayal. "
28 " I am learning how to tell storiesso I can tell the world story. "
29 " All this timeI drank you like the curewhen may beyou were the poison "
30 " I cannot believe her when she saysI am beautiful. She cannot want me,not the way I want her. My wantis an Empire State BuildingI monster-climb with herclutched in my fist. They make old,flickering horror moviesabout the way I look at her mouth. "
31 " That's the thing about heartbreak.It's the smallest of worlds ending.Everyone goes around you smiling,like it's nothing to close a door. "
32 " I Am Jealous of Your TattoosAnd how longthey will stay with youafter I go. "
33 " Getting everything you ever wanteddoes not make you want less. "
34 " I don't know why I've got so much hopepinned to someone who will never call mehome, but the way you talk about poemslike Marxists talk of revolution,it makes me want to keep trying.In the mornings, in my shower drain,in the music, in the walk out the door,I am looking for reasons to love you,I am looking for proof that you love me. "
35 " You are a hero for livingfrom that moment to this one.You never need to apologizefor how you chose to survive. "
36 " Every Time a Man YellsI am seven years old againand he is packing that suitcaseonce more.Picking me up by the neck,teaching me obedience.To be soft,like a belly of a fishexposed to a knife. "
37 " There were times I was reckless. In my struggle to survive I hurt others. Apologies do not make good bandages. "
38 " I am learning howto be a grown-upwho pays bills,cooks her own meals,and doesn't cry at words likeI think I just want to be friends. "
39 " It is a strange thingto nourish what could kill youin the hopes it does not kill you. "
40 " On the occasion of our anniversaryI.This morning I googledsings of domestic abuseto remind myself I was right.I still flich at slamming doors,a broken dish, a white couch.There are days I yell so loudI swear it's your voice in my throat.II.I have learnedthe world is the size of a fist,lately an open palm. Whatevercorneryou've got yourself chained up,you will read this.III.Good. "