OMG!! Guysssss!!! I’ve found my new muse! I’ve found another Writer/Poet to love. Warsan Shire!
You see how tumblr is amazing? You see? I randomly came across one of her quotes on tumblr and i did some CIA work googling and uncovered some of her poetry.
Warsan Shire is a London-based Kenyan-born Somali writer and she writes the Truth!!! I’m just going to share three of her poems that touched my soul
FOR WOMEN WHO ARE DIFFICULT TO LOVE
you are a horse running alone and he tries to tame you,compares you to an impossible highway, to a burning house. Says you are blinding him, that he could never leave you
forget you, want anything but you. you dizzy him, you are unbearable
every woman before or after you, is doused in your name
you fill his mouth, his teeth ache with memory of taste
his body just a long shadow seeking yours. But you are always too intense
frightening in the way you want him, unashamed and sacrificial
he tells you that no man can live up to the one who lives in your head
and you tried to change didn’t you?
you are a horse running alone and he tries to tame you,compares you to an impossible highway, to a burning house. Says you are blinding him, that he could never leave you
forget you, want anything but you. you dizzy him, you are unbearable
every woman before or after you, is doused in your name
you fill his mouth, his teeth ache with memory of taste
his body just a long shadow seeking yours. But you are always too intense
frightening in the way you want him, unashamed and sacrificial
he tells you that no man can live up to the one who lives in your head
and you tried to change didn’t you?
closed your mouth more
tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake
but even when sleeping you could feel him traveling away from you in his dreams
so what did you want to do love, split his head open?
you can’t make homes out of human beings.
tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake
but even when sleeping you could feel him traveling away from you in his dreams
so what did you want to do love, split his head open?
you can’t make homes out of human beings.
someone should have already told you that
and if he wants to leave, then let him leave
you are terrifying, and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love.
and if he wants to leave, then let him leave
you are terrifying, and strange and beautiful
something not everyone knows how to love.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WOMAN I WAS LAST NIGHT
‘it’s not him who’d come across the sea to surprise you, not him who would know where in london to find you’
how far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps?
how often have you bartered with bone, only to sell yourself short?
why do you find the unavailable so alluring?
where did it begin? what went wrong? and who made you feel so worthless?
if they wanted you, wouldn’t they have chosen you?
all
this time, you were begging for love silently,thinking they couldn’t
hear you, but they smelt it on you, you must have known that they could
taste the desperate on your skin?
and what about the others that would do anything for you, why did you make them love
you until you could not stand it?
how are you both of these women, both flighty and needful?
where did you learn this, to want what does not want you?
where did you learn this, to leave those that want to stay?
how far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps?
how often have you bartered with bone, only to sell yourself short?
why do you find the unavailable so alluring?
where did it begin? what went wrong? and who made you feel so worthless?
if they wanted you, wouldn’t they have chosen you?
all
this time, you were begging for love silently,thinking they couldn’t
hear you, but they smelt it on you, you must have known that they could
taste the desperate on your skin?
and what about the others that would do anything for you, why did you make them love
you until you could not stand it?
how are you both of these women, both flighty and needful?
where did you learn this, to want what does not want you?
where did you learn this, to leave those that want to stay?
SOLITUDE
God, my alone feels so good, but lately I’ve craving something more, something deeper
I want love. But not just any kind of Love, no, I want a love so deep it’d make the ocean jealous.
But I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude. You must love me for everything I’m worth
and then some.
Start with my eyes, look into them like you want to know all the good, bad, and anything beyond. From my eyes go to my mind, love me for everything I know and love me just as much to teach me what I do not.
Hold me in your arms, and love me for everything I am, from my breasts to my thighs, and even the
scars that others have left behind
But tell me if you’re not up for it…Not that you don’t want me but rather you can’t handle me.
And please don’t say, “I won’t be like those other dudes and break your heart.”
You see my solitude has always been sweet, and during that time I learned to love myself before I
could learn to love anyone else.
Give me the love that I’ve been craving, make the ocean jealous. Fall for my eyes without knowing me just yet
And then kiss me like you want to be loved just as much
Remember that I want to be loved as deep as the ocean, but remember that I am like the ocean
I can slip through your fingers, but manage to hold up an army of ships
Kiss me, hold me, love me, but tell me if you’re not up for it
I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude
I want love. But not just any kind of Love, no, I want a love so deep it’d make the ocean jealous.
But I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude. You must love me for everything I’m worth
and then some.
Start with my eyes, look into them like you want to know all the good, bad, and anything beyond. From my eyes go to my mind, love me for everything I know and love me just as much to teach me what I do not.
Hold me in your arms, and love me for everything I am, from my breasts to my thighs, and even the
scars that others have left behind
But tell me if you’re not up for it…Not that you don’t want me but rather you can’t handle me.
And please don’t say, “I won’t be like those other dudes and break your heart.”
You see my solitude has always been sweet, and during that time I learned to love myself before I
could learn to love anyone else.
Give me the love that I’ve been craving, make the ocean jealous. Fall for my eyes without knowing me just yet
And then kiss me like you want to be loved just as much
Remember that I want to be loved as deep as the ocean, but remember that I am like the ocean
I can slip through your fingers, but manage to hold up an army of ships
Kiss me, hold me, love me, but tell me if you’re not up for it
I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude
Cassandra Ikegbune
xoxo
Awesome! Just awesome
Wow nice
Aha! I knew there was a reason I was beefing blogger. Where is the like button?!!?!?!!??!…This is all shades,colours and hues of awesome-wholesomely-incredibly profound!!!
Bless her heart and yours for sharing.
Er, can I apply for a bff position with her? Cassie, for the Love of God,please let me be selected.
Lol.
Wow!!! Awesome!! 😀
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Oh. My. Gawd.
“You can't make homes out of human beings.”
“Why do you find unavailable so alluring?… You must have known they could taste the desperate on you.”
“Not that you don't want me, but that you can't handle me.”
Those sentences!? Powerful. I must find her work now.
~Sherine
Confessions Of A City Girl
Awesome
I have saved sooo many of her quotes, soo happy youve found the full thing
The second poem …
It's like she's talking straight to me.
I love the other two. Totally relateable.
And I like you blog. Thumbs up!
Amaaaaaaazing.
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