There is no weapon more dangerous than a wound. - Andrea Gibson

Let me say right now for the record,
I’m still going to be here
asking this world to dance,
even if it keeps stepping on my holy feet.

You, you stay here with me, okay?
You stay here with me.

Raising your bite against the bitter dark,
your bright longing,
your brilliant fists of loss.
Friend, if the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other,
my god that is plenty
my god that is enough
my god that is so so much for the light to give
each of us at each other’s backs
whispering over and over and over,
“Live. Live. Live.

"I thought, "The flowers, save the flowers..."

I never thought for a second
we wouldn't save the people"

We were all born on days when too many people died in terrible ways, but you still have to call it a birthday.