In Another Life

In another life, My teeth and tongue Would speak aloud what until now I've only sung sara bareilles

[hautekurture]

tianaquinnchel‌:

And because of the Love I speak, they gained everything in the process.

Ro… I reject that invitation, then. I don’t think love is made by scared people. I don’t think it can be. Because even if love was born from fear, it takes courage to harness it. *If* the truth is that we only care about self-preservation, then why love? Why bear your heart out, knowing that there’s a possibility of getting hurt? 

Love can’t be from fear, Ronan, because I’m not scared when I think about love. All I think about is all the people I hold tight in my heart. I have so much yearning to protect them, it strengthens my own two fists, and I’d go to death and back for love. I’d do what I can for love.

You aren’t a coward. But even if you ever had a moment of fear, it wouldn’t devalue you in any way. You are loved, you are worthy of love and respect. On the days when you see nothing in the mirror, or in yourself to love, you are still valid for love.

It’s not foolish to shed tears. It’s not bad to cry or search for the warmth of another. It’s what being a person is… But also, screw you for what you said to my girlfriend, you absolute racist garbage. You’re my brother, but you need to change. I’m not blindly devout to you because of our bonds.

continue to be the fool, tiana. i’m done here.

[papermachie]

Having the strength to love, and be proud of that love, in a world where even those closest to you will attempt to shame you for it shows bravery. This world needs a little more bravery, and a lot less judgement. This place is a miserable trash heap, but I’m brave enough to love you both.

And as poetic and tragic as all of this is, I’m still pissed off enough to jump in. You can close yourself off all you’d like, Ronan. Hell if I’ll be the one to lecture you about feeling and closing yourself off. Just put yourself in a box, and let it all fester in there. Seal the edges so the rest of us don’t have to deal with it. When you’re ready, go ahead and open that box back up and we’ll all still be out here loving you through it.

[classicallyclarington]

So I know what you’re thinking

[papermachie]

classicallyclarington‌:

How could I be bored by such jubilant linguistic excess? 

I’m afraid there’s no metaphor here. Just putting the finishing touches on closing a very, very old business deal. A mistake from when I was your age. 

I was hoping for a metaphor.

Would it be uncouth of me to ask which mistake? COCK, or continuing to uphold yourself as a prominent old-family Bloodline in a society nearly bursting with need for something new, something different?

Don’t get me wrong, Uncle Hunter, you’re one of my closest...friends? I love you dearly. But I really think you should publicly get behind my sisters future UMC Campaign. It’s very...how do you say bomb the earth, eat the rich, not Marxist but damn close? Progressive. She’s going to be great, an actual New Age who supports representation for all.

Not fake, like the Corcoran-Westons.

[papermachie]

Tuesday Evening, Because I Totally Wrote This On Time:

Machie steps up on the stage, and the lights in Coughing Coffee dim around him. A microphone stands in front of him, and he moves to stand in front of it, face set in a serious frown.

“This world stands on a precipice, she says, with one hand on a trigger. It could be new. This world stands on the edge of something brilliant, if only someone was brave enough to just... Wait, back up. I have a sister. She understands the difference between rebellion and action, between what has to be done, and how it will be done. She understands the time it takes to breathe between aiming, and pulling. Because if it was so simple, everyone would have done it. But not everyone can do it. It takes someone new. It can’t be me, because something old and ancient has tied a rope around my waist and tugs every time I think leap. It has to be her, because she looks at the future and it’s bright, and endless, and she’s smart, so smart with the drive to be better, and no phantom ropes around her waist. She stands on that precipice, along with world. She stands and she thinks, this could be better. This could be just, accepting...right for the first time in ages. Maybe she’s brave enough to just...pull.”

By the time he finishes, his hands are held in front of him. He’s breathless, and a little wild. He hops off the stage to the snapping of fingers, and heads to the counter to collect his customary post-poetry Caramel Macchiato.

[aspeciesbeing]

“Sure, there are probably infinite dimensions but I’m with you in this one. So, why would I try to find them?”

— Neil Hilborn- Me, but happy.

[lunchboxpoems]

NEIL HILBORN

[lifeinpoetry]

This grief opens my mouth / and speaks your name.

Clementine von Radics, from “I say your name, / and the audience shifts in their seats.” In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive (via lifeinpoetry)

[infinnite]

I’m hoping you guys all remember but uh the NYADA Players are going to have their deaf production of Wicked next week. :-) 

Come support us by getting tickets to the show? I’ll be um, playing Fiyero. @tianaquinnchel ok our amazing leader I made the post so I look forward to your pops making me a sweet outfit ;-)

[trickstersantana]

My memory is cruel I’m queen of attention to details Defending intentions if he fails

I don’t know how to find tickets at the NYADA players website, the NYADA main website, or the class where the club reunites.

[papermachie]

You can’t quote god without saying “according to god.”

Sara*

[papermachie]

fieryfiyero‌:

*Fiyero

You know, same old, same old. How about you, Attie? Still writing your overdramatic poetry?

Again, what’s up, Fieryo?

[yidan]

sketchbook —— moments

[papermachie]

tianaquinnchel‌:

Omigosh a girl is embarrassed ahah ~ 😳 but I love being director more than an artist, Atti ! I like to swim and float in the impressive imaginative oceans you, Cody, and other virtuosos create . Ahaha, honestly I’m good . Thank you for the offer … but when I feel most touched by art is when I watch you perform .  💝

You speak the words of the heart, Atti ! Yours must be so full of devotion, it’s soooo beautiful ~ 😭 Yes of course she can ! She’s got great rhythm .

You don’t know what your words do, do you?

I mean, by way of poetry, of course. You’d be good, but you do you. If a director is what you aim for, a director you shall be.

You both do! Beautifully in sync with each other. You seem happy. You happy?

[aquaevans]

As much fun as it is to give my sister a hard time for choosing Magic Harvard over NYADA, the one time I need her, she’s busy. I mean, what’s not to love about this place? Sure, I spent most of Samhain trying to convince one of the recruits that it was perfectly fine to leave her dorm and come to the bonfire, but it all turned out great! 

So in the hopes that one of you amazing people can help me, what would one theoretically wear while getting some lunch with…a special someone? Dressy but casual? Super casual? You know, asking for a friend. 

[papermachie]

I’d give you tips, but it looks like this thread has been closed. An ominous beginning; you should probably avoid sandwiches, and falling into the socially constructed and pedantic norms of traditional dating.

[aquaevans]

As much fun as it is to give my sister a hard time for choosing Magic Harvard over NYADA, the one time I need her, she’s busy. I mean, what’s not to love about this place? Sure, I spent most of Samhain trying to convince one of the recruits that it was perfectly fine to leave her dorm and come to the bonfire, but it all turned out great! 

So in the hopes that one of you amazing people can help me, what would one theoretically wear while getting some lunch with…a special someone? Dressy but casual? Super casual? You know, asking for a friend. 

[knockonkarofsky]

Summary: Aimee is dating Parker. Cliché tips. Sandwiches. 

All said and done. Thread is being closed, due to being solved. 

[papermachie]

Did you just close someone else’s thread? I am a man doomed to love.

[papermachie]

tianaquinnchel‌:

Orpheus ? Ohh, as incomparable you are with your words, I think it’d be so sad  and I don’t want to end you, Atti . I want to help you begin !

Speaking of Orpheus, he never gets to be reunited with his love, Eurydice … 😢 In fact, him trying to see her again is what makes her leave ! Oh, my heart !!

Yes, you are quoting Sara ahahah ~ I will be there ! I wouldn’t miss it for the world, and I’ll bring Ella so she can cheer you too . 🥰

Have you ever considered poetry yourself, Tiana? Those are some mighty pretty words you strung together. I’d put in a good word for you at Coughing Coffee. Give you a beginning.

Anyway, I’m taken with tragedy, captured by calamity. There’s something beautiful about loving, even if they’re always leaving. No greater emotion, right? I don’t mind the comparison.

Haha! Of course, Ella is more than welcome. She can snap her fingers, right? That’s all I ask.

[papermachie]

@fieryfiyero

What’s up, Fieryo?

[papermachie]

tianaquinnchel‌:

Omigosh Atti !! You, sir, are such an Adonis at poetry . 💟 Apollo himself would be like, “φοβερο!” My dad would’ve totally bought all of your chapbooks … actually, he might do it now ahahah~ 

Did you just quote Commons Music Legend and 33-time Grammy Award Winner Sara Bareilles at me ?  😳 Aetherea, Atti, you’re a man after my heart  ahahah ! I love Sara Bareilles ! Okiee ! I’ll remind everyone ! 💖

Adonis, Apollo, be still my beating heart. When I pull an Orpheus comparison from you, it’ll surely end me.

I...am.

Quoting Sara, I mean! I am. Will you be there?

[gotmattitude]

It’s been brought to my attention recently that I, maybe, get tunnel vision when it comes to my studies, where I might not notice other stuff going on around me, and I want to change that. 

So, I’m looking for a bit of insight from all of you. What is the most important thing you’ve ever learned outside of school?

[papermachie]

Over nineteen grueling years, I have learned many important lessons both inside and outside of educational establishments. First of all, they only teach you what they want you to know, and you should take everything with a grain of salt.

Second, always remember these words of god according to the gospel:

Remember that life is not meant to be wasted We can always be chasing the sun! So fill up your lungs and just run We'll always be chasing the sun

I lied, that’s Sara Bareilles again, but poetry is just as important.

[infinnite]

I’m hoping you guys all remember but uh the NYADA Players are going to have their deaf production of Wicked next week. :-) 

Come support us by getting tickets to the show? I’ll be um, playing Fiyero. @tianaquinnchel ok our amazing leader I made the post so I look forward to your pops making me a sweet outfit ;-)

[papermachie]

I’ll be there front row, Cody. You’re going to tear it up. Even Fiyero himself can’t touch your Fiyero. And by that I mean both the literal embodiment of the character, and Fiyero Corcoran-Weston.

Play this role like you were born for it, break a leg, and never say MacBeth. One question, minor really, where does one buy tickets?