a list of things colleges don't want to know by MisfitableGrae, literature
Literature
a list of things colleges don't want to know
1. i have a cactus named atticus that i bought
on the day i thought i was going to die,
and i never forget to water it, not
even when i forget how it feels
to breathe without my lungs rebelling
against my brain.
2. sometimes talking feels like walking on gravel
in a Georgian summer heat.
i try to keep talking anyway,
and hope that eventually
my voice will lose its softness and grow calluses.
3. once, a man whistled at me
outside of a grocery store from
the safety of his car.
four years later, i still haven’t stopped looking
over my shoulder.
4. i drive too fast and i take turns too sharply
and i never put enough sugar
in my tea
i think you are lovely.
but i am not in love with you,
and by the fifth time you catch my eye and look
away just as quickly, i realize
that i cannot will myself into being so.
if love were as simple as a field of flowers,
i swear i would pick you a bouquet
of daises, and make sure that every petal you
picked off ended with ‘she loves me’.
if love were as reliable as the sun,
i would never stand so far away from you that our
shadows did not touch.
if love were as predictable as the weather,
i swear i would spend every storm
kissing you in the rain.
if love were as fair as Lady Justice
i would tie a scarf around my eyes
and sp
I’m fine,
These things are not really here,
I don’t really hear voices,
What was that shadow?
Turn out the lights,
Hide under the covers,
And pray sleep takes me,
You smile in the darkness,
Faces only I can see,
Voices only I can hear,
I’m terribly afraid of you,
Turn on the lights,
Check under the bed,
Open the closet,
I’m fine,
Those faces are not there,
Those voices are my imagination,
But why am I so afraid?
Turn out the lights,
My chest tightens,
I can’t breathe,
Then you’re hand covers mine,
Your warm envelopes me,
And the monster disappear,
The voices stop,
And sleep takes me.
Dear Depression,
We’ve been together since my parents got a divorce,
I could see you like a shadow on the walls,
Dancing and mocking me,
You plagued me for a while,
And still now,
You have not gone away,
You’re like a nagging mother,
Telling me to pick up my room,
or yelling at me to get up for school,
But if only you could just be that,
You’re so much more,
Like a breath I’m not able to take,
Even when I’m happy and smiling,
You’re always there with me,
Reminding me of all my troubles,
You remind me of all the hours I work,
All the time I don’t have,
The money that’s not there,
You re
Archmage S1E7 Formally Speaking by Eunacis, literature
Literature
Archmage S1E7 Formally Speaking
S1E7 Formally Speaking
COLD OPEN
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Amos secured the last rubber hook-thing connecting a tarp to his truck, keeping his stuff safe.
"Are you sure you don't need any help?" Vincent made his way through the mess of a back door his apartment had. Since he didn't need or have a car, Amos was able to use his space.
"Don't worry about it, man." Amos tested the straps. "I'm fine." He wanted for a moment to test the tarp again before deciding it was plenty secure. "Thanks again for letting me crash here."
"It's nothing." Vincent held his hand up to calm him. "You kept me out of trouble in High School, I oughta keep you out of tro
January.
she has maybe five new year’s resolutions
and they all sit heavily on her shoulders.
she takes a step and smiles at a pretty boy
and three of them slide off.
February.
he gives her chocolate at the right time
and smiles at the right times.
so she lets him take off her clothes,
and lets him stay the night.
March.
march is spent sticking fingers down
her throat, twisting
in a way she swore she forgot.
her boyfriend breaks up with her.
he wouldn’t have if she wasn’t—
if she was—
April.
it’s like this:
she gets out of the hospital
when they think she’s survived her april showers.
she’
i would do anything to get you to love yourself by MisfitableGrae, literature
Literature
i would do anything to get you to love yourself
i know your type, i’ve seen them around here
before, browsing through my poems like
you’re flipping through vinyl records, trying to find
that one disc you were listening to the first time
he leaned over and kissed you.
the only way you’ll ever be able to love yourself
is if he leans over and kisses you again, is if someone
tells you about the seven wonders of your soul, if
someone sits down and writes a list of all your beautiful
fault lines that you’ve never been able to forgive.
you want to love yourself and you want to be loved,
but i know it’s hard to believe that you’re holy,
when your hands still s
Angry Little Girl by piro-and-the-phobia, literature
Literature
Angry Little Girl
I have an immense fear of embarrassment. I wouldn’t say it’s an ego problem. I mean, I’d rather be playfully insulted and teased than complimented outright. Pretty much anything I’m not instantly good at I tend to drop. From sports to making the first move with a guy, if I’ve messed up at least once and someone pointed it out I quit. I can even be too nervous to make friends with people. It’s annoying, like I’m perpetually stuck in that sixth grade atmosphere of being inhibited by some unknown force that doesn’t exist. That’s why there have been very few additions in the past several years
You spin on a pedestal,
Your expression never changing,
The lights flicker around you,
Are you alive?
You try to move,
But your body doesn’t allow it,
So you stand there,
Forever spinning,
A TV plays in front of you,
But you only catch glimpses of what it plays,
You see their smile,
Their happiness,
You once held that in your hands,
But you threw it all away,
Down the drain it went,
With what little humanity you had left,
You try to move,
But your body doesn’t allow it,
So you stand there,
Forever spinning,
Their voices call out to you,
They want you to return,
All you have to do is move,
All you have to do is stop,
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