Lauren

random poems, some are mine, some are not

[americanpsychoplath]

from Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

[vengefulmercy]

Perhaps he is a fool and a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both

— James Baldwin

[theoneandonlysadie]

"and when you have waited, has it made you sure?"

[americanpsychoplath]

from Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

[pmamtraveller]

Luca Ponsato - Does Anyone See My Suffering

[golden-letters]

bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.

[speakerofnonsense]

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

[ancientadam1]

neil hilborn, this is not the end of the world

[stayuntilthefoglifts]

'Relax your body, and the rest of you will lighten up.' What's the point of saying that to me? If I relaxed my body now, I'd fall apart. I've always lived like this, and it's the only way I know how to go on living. If I relaxed for a second, I'd never find my way back. I'd go to pieces, and the pieces would be blown away. Why can't you see that?

Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

[anxeious]

[stargirldotcom]

be careful going for walks this september. the air might smell like recess in second grade and you might get sick to your stomach with melancholia

[catchymemes]

[louisegluckpdf]

painting this on the ceiling above my bed so it's the first thing i see upon waking in the morning and the last thing i see before falling asleep at night

[amberspacedf]

[pollen]

Mary Oliver, from "When Death Comes"

[vexheart]

[makingsenseofwhathappened]

[freeurheart]