Book: The Chaos of Longing - K.Y. Robinson

• “i carry all my hurt like satchels. i can only unpack them on pages. despair climbed out of my throat when i wasn’t looking and fell in my lap. ” (Excerpt: Stigma & Shame)
• “i fear you may see my heart. i’m not well with the secrets my body tell.” (Excerpt: Naked Thoughts)
• “you tasted like home but i resented the bones you made me choke on.” (Excerpt: Meal)
• “i am good at holding onto nothing like it’s all i have and running away from something like it’s the plague. i don’t think i deserve you so i grasp at straws instead of pressing my lips against the glass of your being and slowly taking a sip. i don’t have much to bring but a broken heart that feeds on flesh and poetry.i’ll disappoint you because it’s all i know.” (The Good Guy)
• “he only peers in the window out of pity, indifference, or contempt (it’s hard to tell) while you’re trying to crawl out of a poem that he never wanted you to write.” (Excerpt: Unrequited Love)
• “darling, find passion and self-worth within instead of locking them inside of men who like swallowing keys so they can keep you all to themselves.” (Excerpt: Self-love)