Tyler Yorke

sometimes it doesn't make sense

did these women pay attention to the fact that they were non consensually kissed

or did no one else in the kingdom have the same shoe size as cinderella?

I’ve had pomegranates twice in my 17 years.

Each time, I was awed at how 

something with such a mysterious foreign air

 could hold so many intricate bursts of joy. 

All I’ve got is the shell:

You know, sometimes I have these moments. Moments where I snap out of the rubber band ball of my own mind, and it hits me. The profuse sentiment of sonder is inhaled into my nostrils, like the salty aroma of a beach.

First transgender representative 

First protester

First lesbian senior 

First Muslim mayor 

First to take a stand

First in history

But that's not the point is it?

Not at all

To be quiet more. Be angry less. Watch shows and read books and listen to music people recommend to me, and not forget. Cry, without anxiety, embarrassment, fear or shame. Trust. Bite at the skin of my lips less. Sing more.

some people stay up to ring in the new year,

watch it burst like a glittery balloon

over the midnight horizon, count down the seconds

til it starts over again. they dress up,