I Know I’m Horrible. Awful. I’m A Bad Person, I’ve Done Horrible Things. But When It Comes To You,

2005

After days of anhedonia, I randomly came to life and want to socialize with people.

Anne Sexton, from a letter featured in Anne Sexton; A Self-Portrait In Letters

Kim Addonizio, from Lucifer at the Starlite: Poems; “You with the crack running through you”

[Text ID: “I wanted to put / my mouth on you / and draw out whatever toxin… / —but I understand. There are limits to love.”]

i was not made for hookup culture, i was made for the most soul crushing experience ever. i was born to feel everything entirely and endlessly. i was made to feel everything deeply