Richard Siken Quotes

2021-03-01 2:00:40 ¶ ● ⬈

Richard Siken, from I had a dream about you

[text ID: Oh, the things we invent when we are scared and want to be rescued. /end ID]

2021-03-02 2:00:49 ¶ ●

from Birds Hover the Trampled Field and Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out

[text ID: The enormity of my desire disgusts me. / Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s terrifying. Now one will ever want to sleep with you. /end ID]

2021-03-06 2:01:23 ¶ ●

[text ID: they’re trying to drive you into the ground, to see if anything walks away. /end ID]

2021-03-08 2:00:37 ¶ ● ⬈

appleslice:

“Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out” - Richard Siken
The Lament for Icarus - Herbert Draper

[text ID: You will be alone always and then you will die. / I’m sorry it’s such a lousy story. /end]

2021-03-09 2:00:54 ¶ ● ⬈

[text ID: Do you love yourself? I don’t have to answer that. /end ID]

2021-03-10 2:01:22 ¶ ●

[text ID: I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you’ve taken something out of me, and I have to search my body for the scars, thinking Did he find that one last tender place to sink his teeth in? /end ID]

2021-03-11 2:00:48 ¶ ● ⬈

[text ID: What did you really want? Someone to pass this with me. You wanted more. I want what everyone wants. /end ID]

2021-03-16 1:01:04 ¶ ● ⬈

[text ID: You wanted happiness, I can’t blame you for that /end ID]

2021-03-19 1:01:03 ¶ ● ⬈

[text ID: You said I could have anything I wanted, but I just couldn’t say it out loud. /end ID]

2021-03-22 1:00:55 ¶ ● ⬈

richardsikendaily:

                  You’re falling now. You’re swiming. This is not
       harmless. You are not
             breathing.

2021-03-23 1:01:26 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

[text ID: You just wanted to prove there was one safe place, just one safe place where you could love him. You have not found that place yet. You have not made that place yet. You are here. You are here. You’re still right here. /end ID]

2021-03-24 1:00:42 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

primulaceas: