melancholy galaxies

••• ••• https://linktr.ee/melloncolliegalaxies ••• ••• i write to save myself.

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💫 ANNOUNCEMENT: my first book is here! 💫

you can buy 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 through the link below if you're interested (and if you do like it, please consider leaving a review if you've the time).

Amazon.com: melancholia in the milky way eBook : talbott, t. e., Cordova, N.: Kindle Store

it has been a dream of mine for so long and now it's a reality (though it does still feel a bit surreal, even as i hold it in my hands). with the help of my talented illustrator—my brother—i am finally able to share it with you all!

this book is essentially my heart and soul and i do hope you find a place for it in yours. thank you for all of your support; your sweet words and appreciation for my poetry has made this journey even more worthwhile.

available formats are paperback and kindle on Amazon. i hope you enjoy! 🥰💫

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we search for blinking lashes

in the dark of your room;

you have diesel for blood

and maybe i do, too.

i know better now than to beg

an Amtrak to stay,

because everyone leaves

—sometimes it’s a cafe,

or a role, or a person,

or a doorway.

i think we’re all just trains,

but not simultaneously,

because i know when i told you

i love you,

you saw railroad tracks

wreathed around my throat

like a plastron necklace.

could you overlook the rest of the world

to stay with me for good?

i asked, ready to miss you like

a passenger, 10 minutes too-late.

you said,

i think i could,

i think i could,

i think i could.

— trains // melancholy galaxies (t.e.t.)

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when the universe asks me how i am,

i want to answer it with pride,

actually, i think i'm doing just fine,

but it wafts from my shriveled tongue

like smoke from a scorched Earth.

my brain is burnt,

but i am the arsonist-turned-poet

smothering the constant urge

surging through my combustible veins

to finish what i start.

i'm a patient, a lover, a friend

and someone's daughter,

i'm a dry throat in need of water,

i am a roaring California fire

in August,

i am 16 pouring confessions

onto myself and everything i love,

trying to extinguish the inferno

surrounding all of us.

i'm the burn off,

and the burn up

i am a phoenix

revering the ashen girl

who suffered to save us.

— brain on fire | melancholy galaxies

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