‘to my friends whom i have abandoned with no closure,
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I never meant to leave. I oh so cherished you and I hope you know that i still grasp onto the fragments of our time together.’
im scared to talk about my feelings because it all sounds stupid, or is it because im scared that if i open up, people are going to leave me?
that no matter what i do, they'll end up slipping through my fingers like fine sand and ill be left alone, again. maybe I'm really just an idiot after all, im always wary of opening up yet in the end i always get attached.
maybe mum was right, i grew up too fast.
i was exposed to things i was never supposed to see. maybe I could go back to that kid who enjoyed other people's company, the kid who didn't seem to care what others thought about her. when days were simple and i didn't have a care in the world. maybe i could be that child again.
ii.
What I Was and Am Supposed to Let Go
sometimes i feel like my emotions are a mess, because they are.
i constantly forget things that are important but the memories of things that have hurt or made me feel something warm are always stacked in a certain compartment in my little mind.
i tried to remember what it felt like back in those times.
the hurt and shock when Theo left, the laughter i shared with my friends, the pain of betrayal, the love we both shared.
but which one of those memories were really the cause of all this? the emptiness i feel inside even when i laugh, the random episodes of loneliness and hurt, it all didn't connect. it never did.
maybe it was the pain of forcing myself to try and move on when i knew i couldn't.
maybe it was because i forced myself to move on when i shouldn't have.
maybe i was to hold on to those very same memories that shaped the person that i am today.
iii.
Academic Achiever Disorder
even with all my first place medals, achievements, awards, i still felt like a walking second place medal in everything else. the weight of silver buckets hanging off my shoulders while i worked my way up the hill only to find a mountain.
i remember being a kid who was so determined to be at the top. and then i became a slouch, a stranger to my own personality. i remember being a hardworking third grader with sparkles in her eyes and greater grades than my own. i wonder what she'd tell me now, that ive become a shell of my own being. I wonder if she'd smile and tell me everything would be alright as long as i kept trying, or if she would look at me, then frown at how useless ive become.
or maybe she'd remind me that no matter how hard life may get, we have ourselves to count on, even if we don't believe it. we may have lost a lot of things along the way, some things we thought would be forever. she'd smile at me then start to fade as i tried to grasp on a stack of fog, only to wake up from a fever dream.
[this isn't exactly the final thingg?? so opinions are really welcome because i wrote this out of nowhere at like 9pm two weeks ago and the og one was WAAAYY longer and shittier so yeah tell me whatcha guys think!!]
taglist!! [ @peapea-0405 @localburntoutkid @sunnies-theory-of-happiness @under-the-purple-starsss @cceanvvaves @boberi-matcha @bite-my-pink-neon-pulse @poorly-adapted-literary-freak ] lmk if you wanna be added!!
im scared to talk about my feelings because it all sounds stupid, or is it because im scared that if i open up, people are going to leave me?
that no matter what i do, they'll end up slipping through my fingers like fine sand and ill be left alone, again. maybe I'm really just an idiot after all, im always wary of opening up yet in the end i always get attached.
maybe mum was right, i grew up too fast.
i was exposed to things i was never supposed to see. maybe I could go back to that kid who enjoyed other people's company, the kid who didn't seem to care what others thought about her. when days were simple and i didn't have a care in the world. maybe i could be that child again.
ii.
What I Was and Am Supposed to Let Go
sometimes i feel like my emotions are a mess, because they are.
i constantly forget things that are important but the memories of things that have hurt or made me feel something warm are always stacked in a certain compartment in my little mind.
i tried to remember what it felt like back in those times.
the hurt and shock when Theo left, the laughter i shared with my friends, the pain of betrayal, the love we both shared.
but which one of those memories were really the cause of all this? the emptiness i feel inside even when i laugh, the random episodes of loneliness and hurt, it all didn't connect. it never did.
maybe it was the pain of forcing myself to try and move on when i knew i couldn't.
maybe it was because i forced myself to move on when i shouldn't have.
maybe i was to hold on to those very same memories that shaped the person that i am today.
iii.
Academic Achiever Disorder
even with all my first place medals, achievements, awards, i still felt like a walking second place medal in everything else. the weight of silver buckets hanging off my shoulders while i worked my way up the hill only to find a mountain.
i remember being a kid who was so determined to be at the top. and then i became a slouch, a stranger to my own personality. i remember being a hardworking third grader with sparkles in her eyes and greater grades than my own. i wonder what she'd tell me now, that ive become a shell of my own being. I wonder if she'd smile and tell me everything would be alright as long as i kept trying, or if she would look at me, then frown at how useless ive become.
or maybe she'd remind me that no matter how hard life may get, we have ourselves to count on, even if we don't believe it. we may have lost a lot of things along the way, some things we thought would be forever. she'd smile at me then start to fade as i tried to grasp on a stack of fog, only to wake up from a fever dream.
[this isn't exactly the final thingg?? so opinions are really welcome because i wrote this out of nowhere at like 9pm two weeks ago and the og one was WAAAYY longer and shittier so yeah tell me whatcha guys think!!]
taglist!! [ @peapea-0405 @localburntoutkid @sunnies-theory-of-happiness @under-the-purple-starsss @cceanvvaves @boberi-matcha @bite-my-pink-neon-pulse @poorly-adapted-literary-freak ] lmk if you wanna be added!!
im scared to talk about my feelings because it all sounds stupid, or is it because im scared that if i open up, people are going to leave me?
that no matter what i do, they'll end up slipping through my fingers like fine sand and ill be left alone, again. maybe I'm really just an idiot after all, im always wary of opening up yet in the end i always get attached.
maybe mum was right, i grew up too fast.
i was exposed to things i was never supposed to see. maybe I could go back to that kid who enjoyed other people's company, the kid who didn't seem to care what others thought about her. when days were simple and i didn't have a care in the world. maybe i could be that child again.
ii.
What I Was and Am Supposed to Let Go
sometimes i feel like my emotions are a mess, because they are.
i constantly forget things that are important but the memories of things that have hurt or made me feel something warm are always stacked in a certain compartment in my little mind.
i tried to remember what it felt like back in those times.
the hurt and shock when Theo left, the laughter i shared with my friends, the pain of betrayal, the love we both shared.
but which one of those memories were really the cause of all this? the emptiness i feel inside even when i laugh, the random episodes of loneliness and hurt, it all didn't connect. it never did.
maybe it was the pain of forcing myself to try and move on when i knew i couldn't.
maybe it was because i forced myself to move on when i shouldn't have.
maybe i was to hold on to those very same memories that shaped the person that i am today.
iii.
Academic Achiever Disorder
even with all my first place medals, achievements, awards, i still felt like a walking second place medal in everything else. the weight of silver buckets hanging off my shoulders while i worked my way up the hill only to find a mountain.
i remember being a kid who was so determined to be at the top. and then i became a slouch, a stranger to my own personality. i remember being a hardworking third grader with sparkles in her eyes and greater grades than my own. i wonder what she'd tell me now, that ive become a shell of my own being. I wonder if she'd smile and tell me everything would be alright as long as i kept trying, or if she would look at me, then frown at how useless ive become.
or maybe she'd remind me that no matter how hard life may get, we have ourselves to count on, even if we don't believe it. we may have lost a lot of things along the way, some things we thought would be forever. she'd smile at me then start to fade as i tried to grasp on a stack of fog, only to wake up from a fever dream.
[this isn't exactly the final thingg?? so opinions are really welcome because i wrote this out of nowhere at like 9pm two weeks ago and the og one was WAAAYY longer and shittier so yeah tell me whatcha guys think!!]
taglist!! [ @peapea-0405 @localburntoutkid @sunnies-theory-of-happiness @under-the-purple-starsss @cceanvvaves @boberi-matcha @bite-my-pink-neon-pulse @poorly-adapted-literary-freak ] lmk if you wanna be added!!
"will there ever be a world where i am not a 'what if' to you? where i will be your sun and your moon and your heart and your head? where you and i are not separated by time, by change, by all this feeling? if that world so exists, as much as i'd wish to be there, i wouldn't go. i wouldn't change anything because in the end i don't want to leave you alone here. what is my suffering if i see you smile at my dimming presence everyday? what is my suffering knowing you are happy at least for this moment?"
excerpt from How to poison a Prince (and other courtly tricks.)
Most people’s weddings are filled with laughter, promise and love, both familial and romantic. Mine would be deep set with tension, suspicion, and possibly, an annoying groom. Most brides had a bouquet to lose - not a life. Not that most people expect to get married at 19, anyway.
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“By your vows and by the will of Solara, you are bound. Let this union bring peace to your people. Let this be an era of newfound dawn for both Solara and Veyri. You may now kiss the bride.”
There is a long, awkward pause. Kaden blinks. I wonder if it’s too late to dropkick the priest, gather my skirts, and run away.
“Actually, I don’t think we will,” He says, before I can very rudely, very strongly object. “It is a special moment my bride and I would rather have at our leisure, yes?”
I cough at that. He raises his eyebrows, daring me to object. I nod silently, refusing to take the bait.
The crowd cheered for peace, but all I could hear was the quiet promise in my heart: one day, these vows would be the death of him – or me.
excerpt from How to poison a Prince (and other courtly tricks.)
Most people’s weddings are filled with laughter, promise and love, both familial and romantic. Mine would be deep set with tension, suspicion, and possibly, an annoying groom. Most brides had a bouquet to lose - not a life. Not that most people expect to get married at 19, anyway.
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“By your vows and by the will of Solara, you are bound. Let this union bring peace to your people. Let this be an era of newfound dawn for both Solara and Veyri. You may now kiss the bride.”
There is a long, awkward pause. Kaden blinks. I wonder if it’s too late to dropkick the priest, gather my skirts, and run away.
“Actually, I don’t think we will,” He says, before I can very rudely, very strongly object. “It is a special moment my bride and I would rather have at our leisure, yes?”
I cough at that. He raises his eyebrows, daring me to object. I nod silently, refusing to take the bait.
The crowd cheered for peace, but all I could hear was the quiet promise in my heart: one day, these vows would be the death of him – or me.
Oh, monarch , it seems you have stumbled upon my humble abode - Do not worry, for I have laughter to spread, friendship to give and stories to tell.
Tell me yours, is your throne heavy? is it lonely up there? - and I'll give you one in exchange. Maybe stories aren't your thing - do not worry, I have other things, poems, letters, snippets, songs - for it is in my blood to entertain!
I AM BUT A JESTER IN YOUR COURT, SIRE.
YOUR WISH , AS ALWAYS , IS MY COMMAND.
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| ¢υяяєηтℓу ωяιтιηg 𖤐 HOW TO POISON A PRINCE (AND OTHER COURTLY TRICKS)
| ρσιηтѕ σƒ ιηтєяєѕт 𖤐 PJO ; DC ; MARVEL ; SOC ; TPQ ; INHERITANCE GAMES ; THE NATURALS AND MANY MORE.
TAGS:
#of jesters and kings - prose (may be snippets of my current story, who knows?)
#a ballad to the broken - poetry
#a performance to die for - song
#my heart bleeds - random deep writing
#with the court - with other writers
٭even with all my first place medals, achievements, awards, i still felt like a walking second place medal in everything else. the weight of silver buckets hanging off my shoulders while i worked my way up the hill only to find a mountain.
— ٭ˊ𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 ˋ𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞
taglist!! [ @peapea-0405 @localburntoutkid @sunnies-theory-of-happiness @under-the-purple-starsss @cceanvvaves @boberi-matcha @bite-my-pink-neon-pulse @poorly-adapted-literary-freak @our-happy-end1ng ] lmk if you wanna be added!!
i went on a mountain hike the other day. when i asked the guide how close to the top we were, they said “i hate you, mirror” and thats how i knew. we were at the peak
i went on a mountain hike the other day. when i asked the guide how close to the top we were, they said “i hate you, mirror” and thats how i knew. we were at the peak