One Day At A Time 10.21.16 @foreverwandering-foreverfree - Tumblr Blog

She was beautiful, dark and sad. Just like the autumn leaves that fall, marked and dead.

bibliophilic-loner, writing prompt #63: write about the beauty of autumn (via wnq-writers)

1. Don’t rush. If there’s something you’ll miss, it will be the time you have now. 2. Stop wasting time blaming yourself and blaming others–things happen for a reason, even if the reason will make sense ten years down the road. 3. Don’t stay around toxic people just because you’re afraid of being alone. Being your own best friend has its perks, and there’s no one else you’ll spend more time with than yourself. 4. Be yourself, unapologetically. It may be embarrassing now, but you will learn that there’s nothing more interesting than someone true to themselves. 5. Don’t be afraid of voicing your thoughts, don’t be afraid of calling out people that hurt you. 6. Write. Write. Write. It will help you clear your mind and also distract yourself when you’re anxious. Writing will be your best friend. 7. Learn all you can, and enjoy it all you want. Knowledge is the only thing truly yours. 8. Be the friend you need, the friend you want. 9. Read all you can. You’ll find the words you can’t say in the lips of others, you’ll find shelter. 10. Love yourself. That’s the only love you will have, constantly, and the only one that will stick with you even if you fail.

Ten things I wish I could say my younger self // Flowerybooks. (via wnq-writers)

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I find a strange comfort in sadness. It’s what I know and no one can ever take it from me because there is nothing to take. It almost feels a little like home to me, like it’s where I belong. I grew up here and it’s the place I always return to…. No matter what I do or where I go in life I always end up back here. For me, there is a distinct fear in happiness. Deep seated and unrelenting because I know deep down it won’t last. It’s never truly mine, and eventually something or someone will take it away because it doesn’t belong to me. Like you never did.

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Do me a favor, try holding your breath for the rest of this poem.

FROM THE VAULT! Johnny Osi - “Breathe” (Great Plains)

Performing at the 2016 Great Plains Poetry Pile-Up in Lincoln, NE. Make Button Poetry grow!

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I destroyed my body, covered it in scars, You may think you understand, But only I know why

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Depression is a silent film: a monologue shot underwater.

Reagan Myers - “Depression Is Funny Like That” (via buttonpoetry)

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When tuition is steadily rising and starting salaries are dropping, degrees become no different than a designer bag

Javon Johnson - “Debt” (Button Live)

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From the poem “how to unfold a memory” by Sabrina Benaim. Check out this poem and more from Sabrina’s incredible book, Depression & Other Magic Tricks.