i am
afraid
that if
i open
myself
i will not stop
pouring.

(why do i fear becoming
a river. what mountain
gave me such shame.)

Erosion // Jamie Oliveira    (via yidan)

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We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. Kavita Ramdas, in her commencement speech to Mount Holyoke graduates (via weissewiese)

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