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My place for thoughts to take form

[ishanijasmin]

HARD FEELINGS - a zine about when sometimes, people around you suck! and sometimes, you suck! and sometimes, you don’t even know who sucks!

[mikeijo-blog]

Oof! that last one >_<

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Gently now little one

I know, I know.....or at least that's what I always say but nonetheless thank you for reminding me

That's because I believe in you, you have a tendency to stray but don't worry, I'm here to help you keep balance

It's just hard to keep an eye on the scales, especially when I'm so distracted

It's alright, take a deep breath and slow down just a bit, everything takes time something which is bountiful

Yes, you're right, I need to take this time to focus, I'm just young and eager but with time I'll fill these shoes set out for me

[cute-animals-only]

Serval see, serval do.

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Oh! So adorable ;~;

[thelatestkate]

Mindfulness can be useful for literally E V E R Y O N E, but I found it particularly helpful for anxiety– this exercise got me out of the house and functioning again.   °˖✧*•  Shop, Patreon, Book, Mailing List *•. ✧˖°`

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For those who need it

[salemwitchtrials-deactivated202]

“The women of mythology regularly lose their form in monstrosity. Io turns into a heifer, Kallisto becomes a bear, Medusa sprouts snakes from her head and Skylla yelping dogs from her waist. The Sirens and the Sphinx acquire unmatching bestial parts, while Daphne passes into leaf and Pasiphae into a mechanical cow. The Graiai make themselves repellent by sharing one human form amongst them, passing an eye and a tooth back and forth as needed. Salmakis merges her form with that of Hermaphroditos to produce a bisexual monster. The Hydra generates heads as fast as they can be lopped off. And of course the Amazons, as their name (a negative prefix attached to the word for “breast”) implies, owe their fearsomeness to the zeal with which they adapt personal form - their own.”

— Anne Carson, “Putting Her in Her Place: Woman, Dirt, and Desire” (via pinkcupboardwitch)

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Such a curious paragraph....that last sentence really confounds me!!

[artofkellyb]

11/31 | October Character a Day | Medusa | Instagram: @artofkellyb

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Reminds me of a cartoon I know :)

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What do you want?

You know what I want, what I desire, why do you keep it from me?

You don't deserve it, you don't need it, all it does is distract you

I know that...but how am to continue without it? I don't know how...

Belive in them and they will do the same, raise their spirits from the dust and the shall do the same, you are not alone, you never were

I know, I know......but he's so insistent, so loud, it's hard to not listen

The problem isn't of you listening little one, it's if you believe his words but the fact that you're speakeling to me to me has proven you don't, so march on and never forget

Thank you, I can't give up yet, it's too early for that, my eyes have just opened

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Sometimes I'm afraid of not seeing tomorrow

[mikeijo-blog]

So much

There's so much I want to share, want to experience, learn and create but I fear I'll never live up to those dreams, especially when there's already so many talented people in the fields of stuff I like. I want to write poetry but it just seems my words aren't enough... I want to write and create stories for the world to enjoy as it fills their heads with worlds painted stroke by stroke witihn their minds but the world's other have created are already so well known and loved so who would ever care about mine? I want to reach out and speak to to others but they don't know me nor would want too.. I'm no one special, I have no money, status, I don't have any particular skills, I'm just a nodody floating silently through life like a spectre of flesh and blood, Schrodingers loser.

I wish I could say this was a rant but in all honesty, I guess it's just a cry for help, I don't know what to do anymore.....but I don't just want to give up either, I can't just throw all my practice and passion, yet I'm to afraid to really create because I'm just so intimidated that if I put my heart and soul it's just gonna be degraded and thrown in the mud. I honestly just wish I had someone intimate enough to talk about these things to, I'm just so lost, my life's, my work, my passion....it's all just crumbling.

[mikeijo-blog]

It's always this hour

This hour before night and day, when the world tips the scale towards being awake always bringing with it my curiosity and passion

With every sunrise I am there to meet the harbinger of light and warmth

Forever peaceful and calm, I greet the dusk with well temered patience as I settle down for the night

As the other half of our eye closes, a constant daily thing that seems to be different depending on perspective but yet no one is right about its happening

Our sun is more attractive the you'd think being able to draw out such thought when so far away

[mikeijo-blog]

This road of life

It's gonna be a long one but yet it's gonna be over before I realize it and that's what I hate the most, the contradiction. Being alive.....it's so scary......not having any true certainties, well, except of course death and yet that's not what I'm afraid of.

Truuue I don't WANT to die but dying is natural and easy (depending on death method) what I hate to imagine and I know that this will sound self centered but a world without me in it, like, that's impossible how am I just not gonna be HERE, like I can't conceive it and it makes me shiver as I edge myself closer to insanity with the thought of this lmao.

Like everyone knows life is about what you leave behind, the problem is what am I gonna leave as my mark? I'm still trying to figure myself out and we'll the thing is I just simple don't know. Creation comes naturally to people as destruction, to create something awesome with the words I've never shared that everyone can enjoy is what and hopefully push people to scratch there heads as the try to decode my words is what I would love to bring into this world :)

There's not many useful things I'm passionate about that can become a career but on thing I am passionate about is my poetry and writing, I aspire maybe a little toooo much, or well, maybe should I say I expect too much haha.

Either way the point is I'm gonna start trying more on these things, I honestly want to achieve things with the words I can conceive in this world we live in, not only in my future works but in everyday life as well, because if there's one thing people never forget, it's what you say, so I definitely want to make sure what I say, counts.

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Oh how I wish

To finally uncover who I am and how I wish to walk with the weight of mountains, to stride with the grace and elegance of Queens, with a head held high with the pride and certainty of who I am, knowing that when the storm howls, the very earth trembles and time collapses I will survive knowing I was true to myself along the way

Walking this border between the light and dark it's so easy to have your attention caught and your head turned, with it your balance and one way or the other you fall into the white or black. Not everyone walks between the two, normally people are born in the white or black and tend to stay in there pools, like our own planet proves, to us hot and cold don't mix but always meet.

First you must decide to see things differently, then you must task yourself with climbing out of your pool and view the world for what it is, a chaotic place full of misfortune, misery and mayhem that offers little reward for those who struggle just to earn a dime.........but...that's not all there is to it, if all you do is close your eye turn your head to the side then you'll be surprised to find that life is just as much so wonderful and radiant, just being here is a phenomenon that I can barely describe as its just such an awesome experience.

Myself and I have already begun this journey it's not an easy one, the path paved with self revolution is not one for those who want comfort and security.

[worldofcelts]

“Don’t dismiss the elements. Water soothes and heals. Air refreshes and revives. Earth grounds and holds. Fire is a burning reminder of our own will and creative power. Swallow their spells. There’s a certain sweet comfort in knowing that you belong to them all.”

— Victoria Erickson (via ohthewitchery)

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My dearest

How you leave me so speachless

Why can I not shine as bright as you?

Oh when will I end this duress?

I want my heart to feel strong and new

But it's not....

And I know it...

But ever does my breast burn hot

Yet defeatist I remain, man do I hate that shit

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Either/or

It's alright, you don't deserve it anyway

Why would they waste the there time with you?

I know I don't but I'll work for it day and day

Who knows? Maybe I can change there mood from something other than blue

Although I never expect much to happen

I'm trying hard to overcome being such a defeatist

Oh please, their mood is all you ever dampen

Why don't you just get the jist?

Just lie down like a good little dog

And admit you'll never find love

Although you try and trap me like a bog

I cannot admit such a thing lest I shame those who watch from up above

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Together

It's always so funny...

Ending up like this, stranded but plenty of souls to be seen

And yet your eyes never get the least bit runny

Always pretending like everything is healthy and green

But, I know the truth, behind that mask are eyes, lifeless and dull

Because no matter what you know you must atone

For your sins always, because I make the pain null

Don't worry though you'll always have me, together forever and always alone.

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Missed

All I had to do was speak

Whether the scale said yes or no

But my heart was too weak

And my fear refused to let go

Do I get some credit?

For trying to claw over this tyrannical wall

No, because I, the one whose so pathetic

Has seen too much and is now afraid to try at all....