And This Girl? She Is Somewhere Between This Heart & This Knife.

And this girl? She is somewhere between this heart & this knife.

— AL-SADDIQ AL-RADDI ⚜️ My Voice: A Decade of Poems from the Poetry Translation Centre (Ed. Sarah Maguire), transl. by Mark Ford & Hafiz Kheir, (2014)

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♱⠀⠀ ⠀⠀The  wood  creaked  softly  as  she  leaned  back,  the  corners  of  the  𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩  pressing  into  her  spine  like  a  reminder  :  THIS  WAS  NOT  HER  PLACE.  And  yet⠀⠀ ⠀⠀… 

♱⠀⠀ ⠀⠀The  Wood  Creaked  Softly  As  She  Leaned  Back,  The  Corners  Of  The 

Emilia  sat  with  her  legs  crossed  at  the  ankle,  hands  folded  like  a  good girl,  eyes  fixed  on  the  worn  velvet  of  the  partition.  The  hush  inside  the  booth  was  thick,  the  kind  of  silence  that  wasn’t  empty  —  it  was  watching.  She  exhaled  slowly.  Her  palms  were  cold.  In  silence,  she  made  the  𝔖𝔦𝔤𝔫  𝔬𝔣  𝔱𝔥𝔢  ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰.  Forehead.  Chest.  Left  shoulder.  Right.  Her  fingers  lingered  at  her  heart  for  a  moment  before  falling  away.  ❝  Bless  me,  Father  …  ❞  she  started,  and  stopped.  Her  throat  tightened.  Her  voice,  when  it  came  again,  was  low.  Steady.  But  too  quiet  for  comfort.  ❝  Bless  me,  Father,  for  I  have  SINNED.  ❞  She  didn’t  say  how  long  it  had  been  since  her  last  confession.  She  doubted  the  walls  cared.  She  doubted  HE did,  either  —  whoever  he  was.  Whatever  this  was. Her  fingers  tightened  in  her  lap.  ❝  I  wanted  something,  ❞  she  said,  her  voice  barely  above  a  breath.  ❝  I  touched  it.  I  took  it.  ❞  A  pause.  ❝  I  wanted  to  be  ƃoop.  I  did.  ❞  She  closed  her  eyes,  just  for  a  moment,  and  her  voice  cracked  —  not  from  emotion,  not  quite.  From  restraint.  ❝  But  when  he  looked  at  me,  ❞  she  said,  ❝  I  didn’t  want  to  be  𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔶.  I  wanted  to  ruin  him.  I  wanted  to  see  what  would  happen  if  I  let  go.  ❞  Another  pause,  and  she  almost  laughed,  but  didn’t.  ❝  I  did,  ❞  she  whispered.  ❝  I  let  go.  ❞  Her  hands  unclasped.  Rested  open  now  in  her  lap,  like  offerings.  ❝  I  thought  it  would  feel  like  power.  But  it  just  felt  like  fire.  And  I  think  I’d  do  it  again.  ❞  She  went  still.  Perfectly  still.  Her  breath  shallow.  Her  eyes  fixed  on  the  shadowed  screen  before  her,  heart  thudding  painfully  in  the  hush  between  them.  ❝  Does  that  make  me  EVIL?  ❞  she  asked,  not  to  the  priest  —  not  really.  ❝  Or  just  honest?  ❞  No  voice  answered.  Just  the  creaking  of  wood,  the  faint  flicker  of  a  candle  somewhere  far  from  where  she  sat.  She  swallowed,  throat  dry.  ❝  I  didn’t  come  here  to  be  forgiven,  ❞  she  said  finally.  ❝  I  just  needed  to  say  it  out  loud.  ❞  The  witch  shifted  forward,  like  she  meant  to  leave  —  then  hesitated.  And  softer,  like  a  secret  she  hadn’t  meant  to  speak:  ❝  I’m  not  sure  there’s  anything  left  in  me  that  wants  to  be  forgiven.  ❞  Then  she  stood.  The  door  creaked  open  behind  her.  And  the  moment  she  stepped  out  into  the  empty  church,  she  didn’t  look  back.


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2 months ago

“[…] dark garden, dark garden, with your olives and your wine, your medlars and mulberries and many almond trees, your steep terraces ledged high up above the sea, I am leaving you, slinking out.”

— D. H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia


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2 months ago

“—a gentle girl with beautiful, soft eyes and a romantic little soul.”

— Colette, from Claudine at School


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2 months ago

per noctem in nihilo vehi : to vanish by night into nothing.

Anne Carson, Dictionary Excerpts in Nox

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