[Gasping Mockingly]

Inktober 2021, Creatures

Shortest Inktober I have ever done, but one I did nonetheless.

Don’t know who needs to hear this but you can have your joyful teenage queer romance at ANY age. You are not too old to have this happy relationship. You can live your queer teenage fantasies at any age, I promise it’s never too late for you to have it.

In the halls of the museum, under the skylights, two figures from another time, apart, gaze longingly at each other. And the stones would shudder and turn to flesh, before such yearning eyes...

Felt really unmotivated today. But then I receive, nice ??? emails ?? and, good phonecalls ???

“And at certain moments time is obliterated in the presence of somebody you love; there seems to be a transcendence of time in love. Or I believe that there is. I carry a lot of people with me that aren’t here anymore. And so love transcends time. The normal markers of the day, the month, the year, as you get older those very fearsome markers… in the presence of love - they lose some of their power. But it also deals with the deterioration of your physical body. It drifts away, it’s just a part of your life. But beauty remains. It’s about two people and you visit that place in each other’s face. Not just the past and today, but you visit the tomorrows in that person’s face now. And everybody knows what that holds.”

— Bruce Springsteen explains the line “I don’t see the summer as it wanes, just the subtle change of light upon your face.” in his song Kingdom of Days. (via bruspringsteen)

U may be fooled by my constant melancholia and generally pathetic state of being but take heart in knowing that i am trying unfathomably hard to live

Hades is like "Stupid boy", "You are a weakling, boy! Disgraceful!!" Like, my brother in Zeus... you are the one who made him

Lev St. Valentine

GAZAN BOY NEEDS URGENT MEDICAL TREATMENT (SHRAPNEL EXTRACTION FROM HEAD)

A Gazan friend of mine outside Tumblr has recently contacted me with urgent and terrible news about one of her family members.

[ID: On the left, a photo of a partially destroyed building that has weathered an airstrike, and on the right a photo of two children holding toy purses and smiling serenely towards the camera. /End ID]

Haitham, who is here on tumblr @haithamnayef, and has been vetted by Mohammad @ayeshjourney on @gaza-evacuation-funds's list here at number 8 has endured a year of war without help and without a source of income.

He, his wife Sherin, and their 4 children, have endured constant displacement, homelessness, lack of basic needs, and constant terror for a year. Countless of their friends and family members have been martyred.

Now, Haitham is forced to ask for our help because the unspeakable has happened. His son was struck in his head with shrapnel.

I don't think I need to explain the danger of leaving a little boy with such a critical injury untreated for any amount of time, and yet he has been left untreated for far too long, and continues to worsen by the second. This is why we need to fight for him to receive treatment outside of Gaza as quickly as possible.

I always reiterate that time is of the essence, and that every second counts, and right now I mean this more than ever. Haitham and his family cannot bear the thought of losing their son.

I certainly can't bear it, and I know you can't either, so I'm begging you to act in any way you can, even if it's sending this campaign link to your friends and acquaintances.

The campaign has only received 9 donations so far, putting it at $158 out of its goal of $50,000. We can't let this stand.

gofundme.com

Donate to Help Haitham in Gaza!, organized by Amani A

I'm Haitham. I am 32 years old, I have a wife, Sherin, 4 children, and my father and mother, may God pro… Amani A needs your support for Hel

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