Our hearts beat so loud the neighbours think we’re fucking when I’m just trying to find the nerve to touch your face. - Andrea Gibson

Before I met you, my joy had such an early curfew it didn't bother going out.

She's heard stories of Vietnam vets
who can still feel the tingling of their amputated limbs.
She's wondering how many women are walking around this world
feeling the tingling of their amputated wings,
remembering what it was to fly, to sing.

I stopped calling myself a pacifist when I heard Gandhi told women they should not physically fight off their rapists. I believe there is such a thing as a nonviolent fist.