Andrea Gibson

“That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.”

“So build yourself as beautiful as you want your world to be. Wrap yourself in light then give yourself away with your heart, your brush, your march, your art, your poetry, your play. And for every day you paint the war, take a week and paint the beauty, the color, the shape of the landscape you’re marching towards. Everyone knows what you’re against; show them what you’re for.”

“I wrote too many poems in a language I did not yet know how to speak”

“We are all instruments pulling the bows across our own lungs. Windmills, still startling in every storm. Have you ever seen a newborn blinking at the light? I wanna do that every day. I wanna know what the kite called itself when it got away, when it escaped into the night...”

“I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with.”

“When your heart is broken you plant seeds in the cracks”

“Safety isn't always safe. You can find one on every gun.”

“That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.”