A burning cage of a woman How I like to start things just to watch them end How I fear God The nomad in me How I build walls and never get around to breaking them How God made meTumblr (3.0; @msagape)http://msagape.tumblr.com/<p>my punctuation is all over the place. these days.</p>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/37189688539http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/37189688539Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:31:00 -0500<a href="http://warsanshire.tumblr.com/post/37030890248/be-small-for-me">Be Small For Me</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://naledisibisi.tumblr.com/post/37188473460">naledisibisi</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>everyday they want you to shrink:</strong></p> <p>fit in here, in my palm, in my shadow, don’t be bigger than my idea of you, don’t be more beautiful than i can accept, don’t be more human than i am willing to allow you to be and be quiet, you’re too loud, even your un-belonging is loud. quiet your dreams, your voice, your hair, quiet your skin, quiet your displacement, quiet your longing, your colour, quiet your walk, your eyes. who said you could look at me like that? who said you could exist without permission? why are you even here? why aren’t you shrinking? i think of you often. you vibrate. you walk into a room and the temperature changes. i lean in and almost recognise you as human. but, no. we can’t have that.</p> </blockquote>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/37188771199http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/37188771199Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:08:35 -0500<p>You love me especially different every time.</p> <p>You keep me on my feet happily excited.</p> <p>By your cologne, your hands, your smile, your intelligence.</p> <p>You woo me,</p> <p>You court me,</p> <p>You tease me,</p> <p>You please me,</p> <p>You school me,</p> <p>Give me some things to think about.</p> <p>Ignite me,</p> <p>You invite me,</p> <p>You co-write me,</p> <p>You love me,</p> <p>You like me </p> <p><strong><em>- Jill Scott</em></strong></p>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/36061241654http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/36061241654Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:22:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbqodmE6Mf1rxp3zto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/35559344671http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/35559344671Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:34:08 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8avk1hq5b1qfk5o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34298177899http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34298177899Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:13:25 -0400<p>Would you claim her as your prize?</p> <p>Would you carry her pain?</p> <p>Would you listen, unmovingly to her history of dark thoughts&#8230; so deathly persisting?</p> <p>Are you here to hold her hand; and journey beyond this tormented labyrinth of emotions she calls her heart&#8230;?</p> <p>Do you care for her, at all&#8230; Truly?</p> <p>Are you her morning tide, the playful evening wind.</p> <p>Can you stand in the blistering winter when her heart turns you cold&#8230; or when her eyes storm tears leaving you lovingly lost where will you find solace&#8230;?</p> <p>Are you the bold juvenile or the infant dependant on her love, and warmth and truth&#8230;?</p> <p>-Lesego George Temane</p>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34296451185http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34296451185Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:23:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcgcjcaOy51r3yat5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>FLOWing.</p> <p>“Thank God for friends who know more than just your bra strap” </p>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34295906900http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34295906900Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:06:00 -0400<a href="http://naledisibisi.tumblr.com/post/33829343585">Naledi Sibisi: Truth or Dare</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://naledisibisi.tumblr.com/post/33829343585">naledisibisi</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I dare you to show me the you you are when the curtains are drawn and the lights are weak and the windows are open but the wind is too courteous to speak.</p> <p>I dare you to trust my shoulder with every tear you own, every faulty chromosome, every feeling full blown.</p> <p>I dare you to write to me. Gift…</p> </blockquote>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34241886397http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34241886397Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:45:12 -0400<p>(Watch This Space)</p> <p>Signed,</p> <p>God&#8217;s muse.</p>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34237487640http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34237487640Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:06:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mccbtfWhW81r0z10po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34166407944http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34166407944Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:09:36 -0400http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34098143919http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34098143919Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:19:12 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_34097577461" src="http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34097577461/audio_player_iframe/msagape/tumblr_ma8n2cr9lj1qzaabi?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fmsagape%2F34097577461%2Ftumblr_ma8n2cr9lj1qzaabi" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p>clique!</p>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34097577461http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34097577461Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/38766162" width="400" height="295" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Warsan Shire, <em>For Women Who Are Difficult To Love</em></p> </blockquote>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34097429143http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34097429143Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:55:53 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2rhsShLm1qfnq4vo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34096719164http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34096719164Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:31:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma7exk3nhl1qh20b1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34095223482http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34095223482Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:35:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0ng8YSPi1rnu0olo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heelsandtrash.tumblr.com/post/34092166039/mwah">heelsandtrash</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>MWAH</p> <p>This friday:)</p> </blockquote>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34095185883http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34095185883Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:33:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc9jojKvmF1r4uplao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34094944122http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/34094944122Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:24:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb6baxEQRT1qg5lcxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/33234852176http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/33234852176Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:03:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0l232EEmK1qjd5wfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/33234708454http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/33234708454Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:00:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbms6t0iXL1qi6hj0o1_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbms6t0iXL1qi6hj0o2_250.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbms6t0iXL1qi6hj0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbms6t0iXL1qi6hj0o4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://i-am-natalie-and-i-do-me.tumblr.com/post/33232294531/elie-saab">i-am-natalie-and-i-do-me</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="title" href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/event/paris-fashion-week" title=": Paris Fashion Week">Elie Saab<br/></a></p> </blockquote>http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/33234691744http://msagape.tumblr.com/post/33234691744Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:59:59 -0400