Hello I'm Felix Leigh, a creative writer, artist, and activist and am the nerd who is currently working on writing a Cozy Fantasy Audio Drama called "The Firefly Café". I'm a queer, neurodivergent, disabled, POC, writer, artist, poet, photographer, singer, wannabe voice actor and signer (American Sign Language).
I write and post poetry on here about once a week on Wednesdays, using the backlog of poems I have in my notebook and Google Drive. For the most part my poetry is very depressing dealing with a lot of taboo topics (death, suicide, self harm, abuse, neglect, poverty, American Politics, queer issues [such as sexually, gender identity, queerphobia ex.] racism, neurodivergence, depression, anxiety and probably a bunch of other things I can't think of right now) and the occasional poem that isn't me just spreading my trauma like a dandelion loosing their seeds to the wind. I have made my partner cry with three of my poems. I am kinda proud of that and is now a formal part of my resume.
On the last Friday of the month I post updates about "The Firefly Café" or as I'm going to affectionately shorten it to "FFC" (which yes does in fact stand for "Flexible Flat Cable" in the electrical world and I don't care) most of the time it's just me yapping about random ideas I had.
When time hasn't aligned with those days of the week, I reblog random things I find, harass my moots, give unsolicited music recommendations in the tags, and post things about my life.
(The Tag list is below the cut.)
Please don't send in asks, tag me in things or message me trying to get me to donate money. Im broke and don't have a job, so I can't donate money. I need the little I have for me. I plan on volunteering at food shelves/banks in the near future and if you can I recommend you do.
**This User is Anti Gen-AI**
Tag List:
Poetry:
#original poem - A poem I wrote.
#poetry reblog - a poem I reblogged
#tw or #cw - means that the poem has some kind of content I have deemed worthy of a trigger warning in the tags. If the content is incredibly prevent I'll include the trigger warning at the start before the poem as well.
#old, #past trauma, #moving on, #im better now, #im safe now- commonly goes on poems that have to do with suicide, self harm, or abuse. These tags indicate that I don't feel like this anymore and am NOT a risk to my or anyone else's health or safety.
#new or #first draft - means that I probably wrote this the day of or night before posting, I try my best to make sure that there are no spelling or grammar errors but ADHD and Dysgraphia are very very annoying.
#draft - probably not a Wednesday poem, but it means that this is a brand new poem and I'm probably also asking for advice on how to write it.
#required reading - things my partner (or therapist) need to read.
The Firefly Café:
#the firefly cafe - Just things I post that are vaguely relevant to FFC or things that I feel like are similar to the plot or a good representation of one of the characters
#the firefly cafe updates - Those once week posts. If someone else uses this tag besides me, the official cafe blog or anyone else who I have deemed a accurate source of information, it's probably fake.
#the firefly cafe announcement - Announcements! Casting Calls, production updates, etc will be posted with this tag. If someone else uses this tag besides me, the official cafe blog or anyone else who I have deemed a accurate source of information, it's probably fake.
#the firefly cafe bulletin - character posts, art submissions, silly stuff
Other:
#non writing -not writing related
#on writing - about writing but not writing it's self
#on writers - about the struggles or life as a writer
#ask box - came from the ask box
#poll - poll. Because I can't make up own mind without strangers input
#notes - things that I reblogged for me to have later
"Felix where did you go?" Nobody asked but I'm still going to answer it for the like 3 people who follow me who don't know me in real life.
I've been offline for over 2 months now occasionally coming back writing something and then disappearing again.
I had surgery on my arm. Hooray. 1 of 2 second one is in November. Boo. But hey, it's helped with a lot of pain so you know what I'm not complaining.
While in recovery and relearning how to rotate my hand I've been packing up to move. Yes. You read that right I am moving. Yay?
I'm moving into a dorm with some friends and hopefully this will be a good experience. I'm going to have quite a bit of free time in my dorm without my roommates so I I'll have quite a bit of free time to record (yup) and work on my projects.
All that said I'm transitioning into a new Creative Writing Program so please do be aware that I'll probably be writing a lot for school and so my work may take more time to be posted but that's because they will be reviewed and edited by my teachers and peers.
I also finally made the Instagram account and the Threads account associated with this. Feel free to check them out. (@felixleigh.writer)
Currently that is all. I'll be back next week with a poem that will hopefully make someone cry lol
any chance of the roots part of that art also getting a wallpaper version? a dual monitor type thing where the top screen is the giant flower and the bottom monitor is the roots would be sick
hello there you go!
it took me forever because i'm not good at doing things
$3.13 (because I’m EVIL), the ranch dressing, the rouxls wall, AND an assortment of small shiny objects including paperclips, pop tabs, and washers. Top that i dare you
