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HE'S SUCH A GOOD BOI

When your favorite park is closed for renovations.

(via NapaTheGolden)

Speaks for itself.

Gen Z

Born in the shadow

Of 9/11

Birth certificates

Make a spectacle

Of how gullible we are

.

The news channel

Like a lullaby

Our parents watch

Not wanting to wake us

We go to sleep knowing

That the monsters

Were never under our bed

.

And despite what we go through

Despite how many horrors

We are witness to

A gag is on our mouth

Told we are

Too young

Too stupid

Too naive

And we are

.

I am

Too young

To be scared of going to school

And watching the life pour out of my friends

Because skin isn’t impenetrable like titanium

Ricocheting bullets embed themselves in soft skin

And now I’ll never be able to say

“I’m sorry” for that dumb fight during lunch

Bulletproof backpacks

Were never in the school wish list

Look around the class

Who are you willing to die for?

Are you strong enough to comfort their mom?

She’ll be crying on your shoulder

As you tell stories

How everybody copied off their homework

Because they were the smartest

Or how they never failed to make the class burst in laughter

Explaining the inside jokes that died with them

In a pool of their own blood

Right by your desk

.

I am

Too young

To find my friend’s body

Slumped over

On the bathroom floor

Candy coloured pills stuffed down their throats

Dothiepin, Amitriptyline and Imipramine

Or maybe crimson blood pouring down their wrists

Because we never questioned

If they were hot with a sweater during summer

Too late to help battle whatever demons they were facing

Too late to be the knight in shining armour they needed

And a note lays in their hand

Apologizing for what they did

When you know the person that should’ve apologized

Was you

Because maybe

If you had listened more

If you had asked the right questions

If you had done this or that

It doesn’t matter

Cause when suicide

Is the 2nd leading cause

Of death in youth

What’s the point

Trying to be the superhero with the red cape

When you might be the one at the noose?

.

I am

Too young

To see familiar faces on the news

Afraid to see my friends body

Drape over a white sheet

As if that covers up the horrors

“Don’t shoot!”

Shouldn’t be

Someone’s last words

He looked older in the dark

He only fired in self-defense

Blue lives or black lives?

Which ones matter most?

You might call me obnoxious

Because i don’t submit to your ideals

But let me ask you this

When did people go to an academy

For their skin?

When were people given uniforms

For their skin?

When were people given guns

For their skin?

They just wanted to go home

To their families

That’s what we all want

But only one of us will go home

The other laying on the concrete

Covered in a white sheet

Like cheap Halloween decoration

The blood seeping through

Scratchy white fabric

.

I am

Too young

To be sent out of class

Because my skirt was too short

“The boys will be distracted”

They said

But I look around the room

They’re doing their work

They’re focused

So why are you not?

Why are you looking at my legs?

I’m walking down the street

A man old enough to be my dad

Is looking at me, staring

Like a lion watches his prey

Looking for a moment to strike

A cobra swaying from side to side

If I’m not careful

His poison will flow through my veins

I can feel his eyes on me

As if I somehow share his sins

They are crawling on my back

So maybe I should’ve put on that jacket

Maybe I should’ve worn pants instead

But it was a nice day

And I had just ironed my skirt

And maybe I should’ve asked someone

To come get the mail with me

Because now if something happens

It’s my fault

.

I am

Too young

To be crying at my friend’s funeral

Because no matter

How many times

I told them to stop

They wouldn’t

A loopy wonderland

And meaningless smiles

Were too much

Of a temptation

Against a brutal reality

Of a cold and desaturated planet

Shouts still ringing

In their ears

And last week

Their mom found their body

Overdosed in the bathtub

Eyes still wide

Staring

Pupils dilated

And now

My last memory of them will be

Silky smoke in my face

Burning claws in my lungs

While I’m still sitting on the couch

Drinking Diet Coke

Because I “don’t know how to live”

But apparently

Neither do they

.

I grew up in a world

Where violence is common

A bullet flies by

But I don’t notice

Desensitized and numb

.

And now that I have a voice

That you’ve never heard before

You will try to silence me

But can you really blame me

For my shouts?

I was born with information

At my fingertips

Connected

To every news source in the world

And you expect me

To stay at the kid’s table

During dinner?

Because the adults are talking?

.

But you have brought me onto this earth

Where the expectation

Was to watch the world burn

And you don’t care

Because you’ll die

Before you see the sun explode

But I will remain

We will remain

To see our flesh melt off

You brought us here

In the middle of a battle

And you have failed miserably

The battles you won

Will be meaningless

Against the war that we will win

.

We will rise from the ashes

Of what you have already burned down

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I may be too young to vote, but if you're old enough, I beg you, please vote.

HEY!

Hey you!

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Amy Comey Barrett was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice half an hour ago. She is one of the most extreme right wing justices to be nominated in decades. She is anti women’s rights. She is proven to be racist. She is anti LGBTQ. She is indifferent about the environment. She is anti voter’s rights.

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Please. The entire country’s democracy is at stake.

Due to the current state of the world, whether it be the protests or the pandemic, I encourage everyone who sees this post to check out an anime called Carole and Tuesday. Even you aren't a fan of anime, this show in particular has an amazing message that is even more relevant now than when it released. Or, if you simply don't have the time to watch it go on YouTube and look at the song called 'Mother' from the show. It's aged like a fine wine in my opinion.

Sometimes you just gotta draw a self portrait.

There aren’t enough positivity posts for boys so here’s a post of all the Good Soft Things that boys do that I can’t get enough of

boys doing anything remotely stimmy,, like picking at blades of grass and ripping up leaves,,,, so cute aaa

boys wearing nail polish and/or makeup hrng I’m too gay for this

listening to music and just. jamming. not giving a fuck what people watching think, just absolutely bopping in their own little world to some good tunes

when their tongues are colored by popsicles. idk but it’s adorable. 

when they smile just right and their nose crinkles and you can see a little bit of their tongue,,,, soft gay hours begin

boys that are soft with animals,,,,

when they notice you watching them and give you that little smile and your heart just absolutely melts because hrng boys

being super into talking about their interests and you can just see the excitement in their eyes and they stim a little bit and they give you that big grin 

getting really wrapped up in what they’re doing and you can see how happy it makes them to do it

seeing a dog in the distance and giving you the look,,,, right before running over to pet the doggo,,,,, 

same with cats

boys with freckles

boys with brown eyes

boys,,,, hrng

when they need a haircut but it’s not quite long enough to be necessary so they wear beanies to cover it up,,,

(And yes, these all go for trans and nonbinary boys as well)

http://chng.it/2TrMRPgFjS

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