Poetry by Leilah Ali

more myth, than woman. https://www.instagram.com/leilahalipoetry/

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star trek is so good

[bittergoldilocks-deactivated202]

Why is the Star Trek fandom so calm and collected and then the Star Wars fandom is like running by on fire, constantly

[toddnyallison]

Because one has Spock and the other has Anakin

[bittergoldilocks-deactivated202]

this is my favorite comment so far lol

[leilahalipoetry]

tell your baby I’m your baby

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how did Venus feel when 

Mars ransacked Rome?

when the person she loved,

laid waste to her home?

she said, “this love is ruin–

has ruined our lives.”

and when love is ruin, 

you leave it behind. 

-the fall of rome, leilah ali

[leilahalipoetry]

me and you are full of maybes, what ifs, and bad timing / god, it’s so exhausting / so yes i let myself cry tonight, and yes i pushed the maybes aside / and i wish i could say i was bold / wish i could say i grabbed you by your jacket and told you “all i’ve ever wanted to do is make you happy, and i’d be good at it. if you’ll let me” / i wish i could say that / but instead i cried on the phone and listened as you said “no” / and the saddest part is, i wish i had kept the maybes after all / the saddest part is, i still like the shape of your name on my phone /

-leilah ali

[leilahalipoetry]

me and you are full of maybes, what ifs, and bad timing / god, it’s so exhausting / so yes i let myself cry tonight, and yes i pushed the maybes aside / and i wish i could say i was bold / wish i could say i grabbed you by your jacket and told you “all i’ve ever wanted to do is make you happy, and i’d be good at it. if you’ll let me” / i wish i could say that / but instead i cried on the phone and listened as you said “no” / and the saddest part is, i wish i had kept the maybes after all / the saddest part is, i still like the shape of your name on my phone /

-leilah ali

[leilahalipoetry]

me and you are full of maybes, what ifs, and bad timing / god, it’s so exhausting / so yes i let myself cry tonight, and yes i pushed the maybes aside / and i wish i could say i was bold / wish i could say i grabbed you by your jacket and told you “all i’ve ever wanted to do is make you happy, and i’d be good at it. if you’ll let me” / i wish i could say that / but instead i cried on the phone and listened as you said “no” / and the saddest part is, i wish i had kept the maybes after all / the saddest part is, i still like the shape of your name on my phone /

-leilah ali

[leilahalipoetry]

how did Venus feel when 

Mars ransacked Rome?

when the person she loved,

laid waste to her home?

she said, “this love is ruin–

has ruined our lives.”

and when love is ruin, 

you leave it behind. 

-the fall of rome, leilah ali

[leilahalipoetry]

sometimes i put on the ring you gave me--

walk around with it on.

i’m hoping that one day

it will feel wrong.

but it still feels the same.

it still fits perfectly.

-leilah ali

[quotemadness]

Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was always just red.

Kait Rokowski (via quotemadness)

[quotethat]

Your body is the house you grew up in. How dare you try to burn it to the ground.

Sierra Demulder (via weltenwellen)

[omg-relatable]

[theclassicsreader]

Literary Hub posted this over on Twitter. Where are you staying?

[leilahalipoetry]

will you give me a bouquet of books, with flowers for names? count all my kisses? treat this heart tenderly, like a fresh bruise? like a gift? may i trust you, to love me? softly? kindly? fully

Leilah Ali

[leilahalipoetry]

and when i saw you again,

something inside me loosened.

i took a deep, shuddering breath

for the first time

in a long time.

-leilah ali

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By Sam Wolfe Connelly