Perhaps he should have paid attention to the snakes coiled inside me waiting to strike.
NIKITA GILLPerhaps he should have paid attention to the snakes coiled inside me waiting to strike.
NIKITA GILLAnd you say you are broken, but broken mirrors like you create the most beautiful patterns of light.
NIKITA GILLThere is a knowing in her, she hears them say, that makes her untamable. She has known since she was a child that she is observant in a way that makes them uncomfortable.
NIKITA GILLI used to only pick up a pen for myself but now I pick one up for you too. Is there such a thing as an unselfish love poem? I don’t know, but I’m trying.
NIKITA GILLForgive her for how her agony reveals itself, child. This is how blood magic works. Unconditional never meant perfect anyway.
NIKITA GILLNo one told me love could be a God of both living and dying. That girls who love girls do not just drown, they also float.
NIKITA GILLIt makes them feel a little free, to kiss something dangerous on the mouth.
NIKITA GILLWhat a perfect collision of star it was that came together at just the right moment at just the right time to build the incredible thing that is you.
NIKITA GILLA story is no small thing.
NIKITA GILLOur stories don’t begin and end because men we once trusted have left them.
NIKITA GILLHeroes are never born fearless. They become heroes by facing their fears, by meeting them head on and saying, ‘You do not control me, or own me anymore.
NIKITA GILLLies are often truth-shaped. They’re only containers you must turn inside out and shake till the truth tumbles out, wide eyed and confused, blinking in a light it never thought it would see.
NIKITA GILLShe is unpredictable, and unpredictable is another word for ‘threat’ when a woman wears it well.
NIKITA GILLLet it hurt. Let it bleed. Let it heal. And let it go.
NIKITA GILLIt’s how I learn there are a multitude of ways to say I love you. For so many you don’t have to use words at all.
NIKITA GILLTo my inner child, I promise I am trying my best to heal from everything that hurt you. I promise I am trying to become the person you need me to be so we can both be whole.
NIKITA GILL