hidden

you’lll find it, i assure you
such compelling hints
you search for
intoxication concealed cleverly
within fickle blades
the alluring conquests, lay
waiting
for your revelation but wait
in a flash of triumph there will be
more appealing quests
over here, and there you’re off
they consume you
a sparrow on a ridge
you begin even more intent
than you could ever
know but. i know you’ll find
whatever it is you are
searching for

hung

the stars will find reason
to recoil
and realign, bypassing
our efforts to liquefy their fibers
as the rhythm echoes
from distances in time
we can’t be
reliable
to characterize deficiency
or satiety, as we see
that which we blind
by our own eyes
changing over time
to solitarily sideswipe
lines and missives
we form, from
our own decisions,
lapses and
misprints of judgement
to remain
as one hung by our thrones
or sung in reverence

sand and dust

a clever recognition of a weapon
i clasped tightly, that was all i had
noticed you left the shield
in a case this time and spoke
of a buried token in lands of sinking
black sand it would have been
good to see the chance you had
when you threw me into oblivion
lacing the chains of solemness
you thought could be threaded through
convex fence posts without remembering why
the story line remained leaded so listen
in to find out, who complies and who wins

“[TW: severe abuse] Anita Posey was a dedicated caseworker for children at the Dept. of Social Services for 20 years. Her boyfriend was a drug addict and de aler, and an extremely violent man. She had black eyes, a fractured nose, broken tooth and lips, three cracked ribs, and other injuries over the years. She shot him in defense of her baby, after he had thrown the baby at the wall. The court wrongfully convicted and sentenced her, stating that she had time to think between the time her boyfriend threw the baby and th e time she picked up the gun “60 to 90 seconds” and unjustly called it premeditated.

The Michigan Women’s Justice & Clemency Project

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“If you go door to door in our nation and talk to citizens about domestic violence, almost everyone will insist that they do not support male violence against women, that they believe it to be morally and ethically wrong. However, if you then explain that we can only end male violence against women by challenging patriarchy, and that means no longer accepting the notion that men should have more rights and privileges than women because of biological differences or that men should have the power to rule over women, that is when the agreement stops. There is a gap between the values they claim to hold and their willingness to do the work of connecting thought and action, theory and practice to realize these values and thus create a more just society.
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks (via thechocolatebrigade)

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becausechocolatethatswhy:

I first started wearing hijab 

because I was raised in a neighborhood

full of muslim women raising their children alone 

all of them facing financial hardships

but they were all so incredibly strong

I looked at them and I saw superheros

and I wanted to be one too

so don’t dare to speak for me

don’t try and tell me my faith oppresses me

when my faith was my source of strength

as child growing up in poverty

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