Before I was even a little girl, my father cut
out my tongue. When I would cry, he would
scream to silence me. So I have grown in
silence, in the void between stars.— Michelle Evans, from Just Another Dead Black Girl
(Source: patreon.com, via lifeinpoetry)
“My gift was born out of tragedy and loss,”— Joni Mitchell, from an interview conducted c. April 2007 (edited)