how to take care of ourselves, 101

we do so much stupid and wrong to destroy ourselves;

this will be a space to promote the things we do right

& talk of what we could do better.

May4

fuckyeahpoetry:

doomantia:

saturnrising:

I want to go moonwalking
on it or under it I don’t care
I just want to go moonwalking
alone.

Women in their sixties
don’t go to the moon,
women in the cities
don’t go out alone.

But I want O listen what I want
is to be not afraid.
Listen what I need is freedom.

Women in their sixties
think about dying,
women in the cities
think about dying,
all kinds of women
think about lying,
think about lying alone.

But listen there’s a moon out there
and I don’t want sex and I don’t want death
and I don’t want what you think I want
only to be a free woman.

What is that, a free woman,
a young free woman,
an old free woman?
Asking for the moon.

Women in their sixties
have no moon.
Women in the cities
howl at the moon.

All kinds of women
talk about walking alone.
When the moon is full
listen how they howl,
listen how they howl together

—Ursula Le Guin (via inthelowlight)

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