Ellie Basbas

[ellie-basbas]

El Nido, Palawan

[ellie-basbas]

When my light goes dim Will you love my dark side? -e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

I'm slowly realizing that it's not about finding a cure. It's about managing expectations. -e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

Someone once asked me If I could turn back time Would I still choose you I answered Yes In a heartbeat In a rainstorm That January at the lake Yes Despite the mistakes And the pain and the anger The twisted words and lingering lies Yes Even if I know one day I'd lose you - e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

Breathe, live Even if it hurts Sleep, rest I'll keep the demons at bay -e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

Can you hate someone For what they have done But still love them for whom they had been? Can you erase his touch Unhear the I love you so much But still live with the ghost in between? -e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

The nights are dreadfully lonely With the cold reminding me How painfully easy It is to be free -e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

We were waiting for the storm to pass as we sipped coffee in silence. I took the receipt and scribbled a half thought Mismatched lines of poetry to pass the time The storm calmed for a minute and I asked if we could go I took my things and stood up When I looked back, I saw you pocket my scribbles And you said, 'For the rainy days' You took my hand and we went home

[ellie-basbas]

Into eternity, we will take flight Like birds not of this earth Out of hatred's reach and sight To a life that gives us worth -e.b.

[ellie-basbas]

[ellie-basbas]

Mother-daughter mornings #WhenInCebu #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines #Art #TravelPH

[elizabeths-banks-deactivated201]

I fell off a cruise ship, but I’m back. Took a hard, hard, violent fall. Kind of pinballed down. Hit a lot of railings, broke a lot of shit. I’m not going to say I survived, I’m going to say I thrived. I met a dolphin down there. And I swear to God, that dolphin looked not at me, but into my soul, into my goddamn soul, Annie. And he said, “I’m saving you Megan.” Not with his mouth, but he said it, I’m assuming, telepathically.

Bridesmaids (2011, dir. Paul Feig)

[architectur3]

Cozy House

Hinzstudio

[thequotestub]

“—“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.” - Carlos Ruiz Zafón”

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[ellie-basbas]

She wrote him metaphors; it was her language, and he was the reason. All the words revolved around the definition of him. She gave it for him to read, every poetry her heart spoke. Perhaps he’ll be impressed. But he told her he couldn’t understand any of it. So he asked for a translation; a simpler version, an easier one instead of the vague, complicated ones she wrote. But she couldn’t. It was the depth of her love for him that he couldn’t get. And that broke her, for they knew different languages, and she wished nothing more that he could at least try to learn to understand what she was trying to say.

July 10

[debbie-sketch]

“You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant. But scary”

[magistera]

You get to go find a new dream. You were my new dream.