Crystal Maldonado

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author + stray piece of glitter writing YA romcoms for fat Latinas 🇵🇷 💚 FAT CHANCE, CHARLIE VEGA 📸 NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES 🍁 THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA 🌙 CAMP SYLVANIA: MOON MADNESS 🗺️ GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES (spring 2025) 💌 Contact: crystalwrote.com

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An illustrated cover for GET REAL, CHLOE TORRES featuring three gorgeous sapphic besties in a field of flowers with butterflies
It is often said that hate burns brighter But I know that what burns bright fizzles quickly They say rage is power But I know tenderness can move mountains Grain by faithful grain They say darkness is deeper But I’ve felt the bottomless well of a mothers care The endless fathoms of a friends forgiveness I have seen light burst in the darkness I have heard it said That cruelty is more honest, but truth lives in the eyes of those who choose again and again to stay soft They say hate is heavier but I have never seen it rest Never seen it make a home Never watched it grow a garden Or build a bridge or heal a wound They say love is weak But I have heard tales told of love lifting cars off trapped children I’ve seen it work three jobs Seen it wake up early to make breakfast Seen it stay up late to just say goodnight Some say hate is natural But there is nothing natural about being the antithesis of yourself Even wolves raise their young Even trees share their sugar Even cells pass nutrients through their walls There is nothing exotic about poison And make no mistake, hate is poison Nothing mysterious about thorns Nothing sophisticated about shadows Love is the original rebellion The first light the older power the deepest spell the truest wild Everything else is just pretending
Me, a fat brown woman, wearing a coffee cup patterned dress