Allison’s Emerald City

23 | Southerner in the Midwest Scientist + Writer

[aragosaurus]

graduated, got married, moved to japan, etc etc

[aragosaurus]

the year is 2023. I abandon my partying phase and stop caring. AllI I do is work and study and start romancing myself. I start wearing glasses and stop caring about what anyone thinks. I make myself intricate breakfasts and go on walks and write myself letters. I throw myself into my research and I go full nerd. Nothing else matters but the peace I have and I’m holding on to it as hard as I can. All breaks in my spirit begin to just feel like wrinkles in silk chiffon. It was a year I came out better than I came in.

[aragosaurus]

it’s 2024 and I’m happy and full of light and love

[aragosaurus]

it’s 2025 and I’m married and a young professional and I’m still healing but that’s ok. Every day I walk in a world that does not speak my language and the face around me do not look like mine, but I’m still kind when I can be. I’m not as shattered as I was when I entered adulthood. I’ve put my little soul on a throwing wheel and I lovingly push and pull as I see fit, testing the limits and compensating for collapse. I’m full of forgiveness and I have become light. I exude love. and it’s an honor to share.

[metamelonisle]

had a dream i found a tape labelled “sex tape” and when i played it in a vcr it was just two fully clothed guys beating the shit out of each other with metal bats

[ironedsleeper]

u could never understand a warriors bond

[technofinch]

i say "godspeed, soldier" way too much for someone who puts their faith in neither god nor the military

[latadelixo]

[freddkong]

Mewtwo….

[zillion-ronald-manus]

[googiekitsch-deactivated2024071]

this is the closest you can get to experiencing a jumpscare on social media

[conflictingheart]

[coquelicoq]

#every time I see this picture I am briefly overwhelmed#this piece of art outlived its context and milieu#but. but. in reality there is no such thing#because art is made anew with every glance. it comes to life. awakens laughing#and time compresses. softens. the past is not so much a mystery if we remember we weren’t the first to dance.#this is what art is for#this is what it can do#it doesn’t only speak to us of our own humanity#it reminds us that humanity is shared. this girl isn’t dancing in a mirror. she is dancing with a friend.#paintings don’t simply show us the world. they help teach us how to live in it. (via @robotmango)

[odysseiarex]

[laurenjenae-deactivated20150428]

[talisman]

German luck chatelaine with 13 charms. C.  1870-1880

[a-book-of-creatures]

I’m all set, got my lucky boot and lucky hand and lucky 13 and lucky scallop and lucky treasure chest and lucky anchor and lucky fish and lucky eel and lucky cat and lucky dog and lucky weight and lucky policeman and lucky heart

Basically untouchable

[twobagelsonecup]

For those who aren’t aware, this is the 1800’s culture version of this:

She’s got her keys and sewing instruments with cute charms. She’s the “It Girl”. She IS basically untouchable.

[aragosaurus]

the year is 2023. I abandon my partying phase and stop caring. AllI I do is work and study and start romancing myself. I start wearing glasses and stop caring about what anyone thinks. I make myself intricate breakfasts and go on walks and write myself letters. I throw myself into my research and I go full nerd. Nothing else matters but the peace I have and I’m holding on to it as hard as I can. All breaks in my spirit begin to just feel like wrinkles in silk chiffon. It was a year I came out better than I came in.

[aragosaurus]

it’s 2024 and I’m happy and full of light and love

[aragosaurus]

and just like that, it’s been 4 years

[happyheidi]

𝖼𝗈𝗓𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒

𝗑 - 𝗑 / 𝗑 - 𝗑

[gothish]

[ampervadasz]

[h-nry]

[aragosaurus]

maybe that death wish of yours is the devil beckoning you to come home

or the regret that drips from the fingertips you dug into my flesh

or maybe it’s the echo of the friends you could never keep

[aragosaurus]

it is so spectacular to have so much love around me.

The longer it entangles my life, the more extensively I’ve come to understand that it’s been the one to weave together my wounds in this life.

It became obvious when kissing my friends foreheads was much easier than doing the same to a lover.

Or when they held me as I was wept at the grave of my friend. When they protected me when I wasn’t strong enough to protect me. I found my strength built by 100 of my friends and family’s spared hands.

I love you I love you I love youuuuuu

[happyheidi]