iris_bee_: Kate finally has someone to lean on, a shoulder to put her head on. Arms wrapped around her with love and care, never letting her go. Hands that caress her face, her hair. And Anthony? He’s holding his whole world in his arms, basking in sunlight and joy 💜
“I want to be the only thing touching him. I want to be the only thing that ever touches him again. I will be envious of every shirt he ever wears, the cuffs of his coats, the trousers going soft with wear where they rub his inner thighs. Every snowflake that ever falls upon his lips, every piece of bread upon his tongue. I want to breathe him, feel him fill up my chest until my ribs strain and I break open like ripe fruit beneath a paring knife. I would be raw. I would freckle and blister in the sun. I would teach my body to regrow my heart each time I gave it to him, over and over and over again. Heart after heart after heart—every one of them his.”
— The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky, Mackenzi Lee.
“I drew myself because I’m special to myself. I’m not so interested in things to do with space or planets, like other kids. I like animals, nature and Earth things. Space holds the Earth. I’m more of an Earth boy. Here I am with some of the things that make me up. There is a Rainbow Serpent, and an Argentinian flag on my face. These are the places I come from. Around me are all kinds of Earth things. I had no idea I was capable of creating something so beautiful.”
Nature boy, Earth boy (self-portrait) by Lev Vishnu Kahn, age 5-8 category winner of the Young Archibald prize 2022