I am trying to stop mistaking empathy for obligation to stop crawling toward people who have mistaken me for a bandage I do not want to be cruel but I am beginning to understand why women in myths turn into monsters why they become storms wolves snakes you see mistake women for weak a folly as old as time because if you think these gorgons and ghouls are bad you should see what men made them survive first there is only so long you can be hunted before you start begging for claws I am still kind mostly but I am not the girl who offers her hand twice and now when something bites me I don't ask why it was so hungry I bite back.
As you are reading this post I am in Greece with my boyfriend on route to visit his Oma for her 90th birthday. It just felt fitting to post this today 🫶🏻
Thank you for being here 🫶🏻
Fitting given the location, but also very good, very well written.