I really enjoy your poetry, even if it doesn't always come from a happy place. I think you have a gift of finding the right words so they genuinely hurt and don't make it sound artificial/fake at the same time.
Not sure about the gift part, but they spend quite some time maturing and processing within me. It's very satisfying to write something down once it's finally ripe
Lie to me, lie to me
Your prettiest words point to the gentlest light
That the bird has no cage and flies as it will
And its tender song, if heard, meant only
No fear, no fierce start nor fleeting flight
I'll stay honest, but because it's all I have to fight
Lie to me, lie to me
Paint gold around the ache
What glory alone pains to invent,
Make every attempt hide its mistake
And every loss a choice you make
I'll stay honest, but because it's all that I can crave
Lie to me, lie to me
With the most beautiful story
Thousands of characters, fates, and armies
Millions of verses, of the wildest theories
Or just three words you'll deny by morning
I, will stay honest, but because it's all I want to feel
Lay with me, sway with me
You've said too much for me to mourn
But don't take back any words, any swords
That harmed me and kept me cradled
May your guilt have nothing left to borrow
I would have remained honest, through the sorrow
Got tagged by @chaoticobsid to answer various questions (merci 🍃)
A) Biggest fear:
Guns and witnessing the end of the world (work in progress for the last one)
B) Greatest desire:
Having more time to create, forever
C) Do you believe in the afterlife?
I'd say so, yes
D) Favorite place to be:
Hard to pick one, but the one that came to my mind is Slieve Foye's surroundings. Made it there a few times, above Carlingford, and it never disappointed me.
E) How do you feel about people?
Pretty great. I wish I was brave enough to meet some new ones.
F) What would you do if you got 1 Million dollars?
Travelling all over Europe by trains or on foot for a year or two.
G) Which animals do u dislike? Which do you love?
Snails and slugs disgust me. I like any other animal, but cats are high in the tier list.
H) Do u have stuffed animals and sleep with them?
There's a stuffed Bulbasaur at my mother's place, but it stays on a cupboard.
I) One lyric you relate to
"All my life I thought I'd change" Angel Olsen -Sister (2016)
J) If you could do something illegal with no chance of punishment what would you do?
I prefer not to let the risk of punishment determine my actions. So, even if there were no consequences, I don't think I would do anything differently from what I normally do.
But ok, I've fantasized blowing datacenters up for almost a decade, so, that could be fun I guess.
K) Views on moths
They're cool, I wrote a poem about them even.
L) Random fact you know
They once found a Pomarine Jaeger in the middle of the Amazonia once, after it had flown all the way up the river, having become lost inland.
Also, the northern province of Argentina is named Formosa. It's the exact antipode of Taiwan, which has also been named Formosa by europeans in the 16th century.
M) What don't most people know about you?
I really have nothing to hide, but it seems people underestimate how boring my life is somehow
N) What have you sworn never to do?
Gambling and drinking alone
O) Which fandom do you immediately block people from?
None, I'm not a hater.
P) Are you good with kids or do you think you'd be bad at taking care of it?
I really like kids, but I don't think it's often mutual ahah
Q) Are you addicted to anything ?
Chocolate used to be a big deal, but not so much at the moment.
R) Waffles or pancakes?
Crepes indeed.
S) Type x into your search bar. What do you get?
XDDL's best tweets compilation
(and some porn after, lmk if you want to know which ones)
T) Give me an anagram
Ascensions fear
U) What do you think a soul is?
Landscapes of emotions
V) Tell me something profound
Not here, not not, not this way.
W) What has shapped you to who are today?
Places I've missed
X) Favorite quote
"The road to healing is a long one. Stay the course, you will make it some day" Volition.
Y) Who do you care for on here?
Fundamentally no one, I can talk to the ones that matter outside of this place. Maybe I'll delete it soon tbh
Z) Something you wish you could change?
At least climate change, but there'd be so many things left to do.
and I'll let @lilaemira and do the same if they are down to it.
I wasn't expecting to get so emotional walking along the area by the river where I used to go with my family every weekends 20 years ago.
I still remember how proud I was when I reached the top of the spiderweb of this playground. As a kid, the transmission tower was just the 3rd level.
Once this path was very narrow. I was maybe 6 and still not very confident and knowledgeable about biking. I was riding 30m ahead of my parents and as I slowed down riding along the river, my wheel hit a root and my bike stopped. Confused I didn't put my feet on the ground and just fell with my vehicle into the river. A jogging man helped me get out of the river, I was drenched but not hurt despite the rocks in the river beds. There were two big holes in my helmet when my father checked it out.
I went to this university 15 years later. The castle is also part of the university, tho it's just one of the many fancy mansions only/mostly visible from the river side. It's now offices for the geography department, I had a few meetings there. In 2017, the castle was occupied to host minors in need. It had a big bag flag in front of it, it was one of the coolest things ever.
Just a few meters after, you have a bus stop completely hidden in the woods. It leads to a dock from which you can take a boat and go to the other side of the river with a valid bus ticket. As simple as that. I've taken it quite a few times, mostly when I had to leave on weekends with the local scout group; I'd be already wearing the shirt and camping bag on my back, looking at the herons posing over the branches.
It's a grunge place, with fancy and bourgeois parts. Landscapes changes after each bridge, until you reach the island with the Japanese garden and the busy terraces. With abandoned places, and gentrified, desolated, politised or naive corners, you have so many things. The city is famous for being over it's main river Loire, but if this river Erdre has to tell a story, it's a more intimate and significant one imo.
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