give me the world!
with these words come venom and contempt. with these words come vile thoughts and cursed tongues. with these words in puckered mouths come sour anger and bitterness, for the syllables are a wasteland full of babies breath and gnashing yellow teeth. i wanted so badly to be brave! i wanted so badly to have the continents in my palm, to have the oceans swim in my veins! but her crust and her salt refuse to be malleable. she courses but not through blood. she slips but not through fingertips. she does not mesh for me, for you, nor for anyone. her body is her own, not belonging to anyone. her love is for herself, for she is selfish, and rightfully so.
