There is only one victory, and it has someone else's name on it.
~Me
Suffering is inevitable in this world, a happy ending is a lie, sadness lingers forever in our souls. Some of us are holding on while others lost themselves in the wild, never to return.
-haru
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And all I loved, I loved alone.
~ Alone by Edgar Allan Poe
My tranquil, little moon,
my sweet midnight,
Your saccharine nectar drips from the star dew sky,
And drapes me in a blanket of warmth and bittersweet acceptance.
Your words are silent like a tender droplet of water blooming on a cloth but the formidable, commanding waves in your head bow to no man.
~Me
Tired, ancient soul,
What secrets do those eyes hide
That you shelter so close to your chest
A chest that is bursting at the seams
With raw anguish,
But beautiful soul
Pain isn't meant to last
And neither is happiness
These fleeting emotions
Hold not tight to them
Because the only immortal here
Is You
~Me
Wisdom is not bought, wisdom is earned.
Because equality
it’s 2019 why doesn’t the sims have a height feature on it yet
We will breathe for the dead. They cannot suffocate all of us. Honor their legacy. Rest in Power kings and queens. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
SOMEONE TAGGED ME IN THIS AND I-
"A House with No Mirrors"
I live in a house. A house with no mirrors.
What am I hiding from, you may wonder. What is it that I don't want to see?
Is it the way my mother's smile quivers when she's been hurt? Or the violent anger my father's fist holds?
Is it them I'm avoiding? Or… is it me?
Do I hate the curve of my nose, the same nose I share with my father? Or is it the hint of my mother's cheekbones, that I can't stand?
Do I despise the oppressor or pity the victim? Do I…. fear them? Fear becoming them? Or do I fear myself?
Which category do I belong to? Which one am i? A perfect blend of the oppressor and the oppressed. Where do I fit in?
In the broken cracks, where the world forgot, or perhaps, chose to forget, about me because it's so much easier to ignore than accept that there's a gaping flaw in the system. Where at some point, I too forgot the feeling of a warm embrace and loving eyes. And with the broken shards of time, I forgot my own name. Just like I hope to forget my own face.
I look in the mirror. Who am I looking at this time? A monster? Or his slave? Whose face do I see more?
Whichever one it is, I know for a fact that it's not my face that I see but theirs.
Always theirs.
I was cursed from birth. I was cursed to carry the DNA of two contradicting forces. They've blended inside me, melded as one just to create a disgusting mess of weaknesses, insecurities and existential issues. I wouldn't know where I began and they ended, what part of me even belongs to myself.
I had the misfortune to live among thieves. They stole my childhood, my sanity and now my face.
Heads turn away refusing to accept that mistakes were made. I guess I inherited that as well.
I hide away.
In moments of despairing sadness, I see my mother's lifeless smile instead of mine and in moments of rage… well. I don't like to look at that.
I wish I could see my mother's curiously intelligent mind. Or my father's sharp, observing gaze. But…
I live in a house with no mirrors because I'm afraid of what I might see this time.
I fade away.
~Me