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leonardo allman. rogue. ❛ The flowers that bloom from his blood, they fill your lungs, curling into the spaces between your ribs - You name them all after him. ❜

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i’d rather build my kingdom from scratch than wear your broken crown

inheritance isn’t the only way to rule | c.j.y. (via illuminosity)

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allmcn.

didn’t have to. didn’t need to. he didn’t get it. he  n e v e r  got it. the FEAR in her eyes when he swept her away from their home ; the whining, the crying. three years. half of those were spent in pure terror. afraid of him. she’d felt trapped. encaged at his side, lock  & &  key on him at all times. she didn’t have to run away ? she wanted to.  & &  as her stomach churned after one look at him, she was reminded why. tarnished. corrupted. blood on his hands. ❝ i didn’t ? ❞ question posed in near disbelief. ❝ right, because you would’ve let me go freely. ❞

SHE’S  YOUR  BABY  SISTER.      you’re  supposed  to  protect  her,   aren’t  you?    and,   what  do  you  do  when  she  needs  protecting  from  you,  and  when  you  don’t  even  know  how  to  deal  with yourself?      ❛     no,  i          i  would’ve,   just  .  .  .    later.   when  we  found  mom,  or  dad,   or  anybody.     ❜     you  only  wanted  to  be  sure  she  was  safe.    you  don’t  know  what  happened  to  your  other  siblings,   or  parents;    you  couldn’t  leave  her  alone.    too  young  for  this,    too  young  for  the  rot,  and  grime,  &  you  were  only  trying  to  be  good  again,   you’re  still  only  trying  for  that.    you’re  unused  to  having  to  explain  yourself  this  way,    you  don’t  know  what  else  there  is  to  say.       ❛     you  have  to  believe  me.      ❜

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you  are  taken  back              she  has  pretty  features,   looks  as  though  she  could  be  crowned  queen  of  a  party  if  she  cleaned  up.     yet,    she  only  speaks  harsh  words.,   nasty  things;    &  you’re  unsure:    did  he  hear  you  this  way  too?   or  did  you  stay  as  sweet  as  he  had  met  you  until  the  end?      ❛     well,  uh,   put  on  some  sunblock  then?     ❜      it  is  hard  for  you  to  take  this  in.    you  are  shallow,   &  always  have  been.   you  think  you  would  have  been  more  than  a  stream  in  another  life  with  different  people,   and  you  are  trying  to  grow  here,  now,   but  cannot  seem  to  still  your  tongue;  always  flowing,   always  from  the  same  tainted  pool.     ❛     or   stop,  drop,  &  roll?   i  don’t  know.     ❜

@cvllista​.         ❛ when i’m angry, i don’t yell i burn. ❜ 

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MILK  &  HONEY                POETRY  RP  STARTERS  BY  RUPI  KAUR. PART 1.   FEEL  FREE  TO  MODIFY  PRONOUNS.

❛    we  are  capable  of  love  but  choose  to  be  toxic.   ❜  ❛    you  have  a  sadness  living  in  places  sadness  shouldn’t  live. ❜ ❛    i’m  difficult  to  forget  and  not  easy  for  the  mind  to  follow.  ❜ ❛    you  are  a  war.   ❜      ❛    every  revolution  starts  and  ends  with  his  lips.   ❜ ❛    the  truth  is..  you  make  me  speechless  ❜ ❛    he  makes  my  tongue  so  weak  it  forgets  what  language  to  speak  in.  ❜ ❛    what  drives  you  crazy?  what  keeps  you  up  at  night?  ❜ ❛    so  that’s  what  you  do..  you  command  attention.  ❜ ❛    you  look  like  you  smell  of  honey  and  no  pain.  ❜       ❛    i  always  get  myself  into  this  mess.  ❜ ❛    i’m  a  dreamer  and  that  will  be  the  death  of  me.  ❜ ❛    you  were  so  distant.  i  forgot  you  were  there  at  all.  ❜ ❛    don’t  mistake  salt  for  sugar.  if  he  wants  to  be  with  you.. he will.  ❜        ❛    you  were  temptingly  beautiful       but  stung  when  i  got  too  close.  ❜ ❛    don’t  come  here  with  expectations  and  try  to  make  a  vacation  out  of  me.  ❜ ❛    the  thing  worth  holding  on  would  of  never  let  go.  ❜ ❛    love  made  the  danger  in  you  look  like  safety.  ❜ ❛    i  don’t  grieve..  i  shatter.  ❜        ❛    when  i’m  angry,  i  don’t  yell        i  burn.  ❜ ❛    we  began  with  honesty.  let  us  end  in  it,  too.  ❜ ❛    your  voice  alone  drives  me  to  tears.  ❜ ❛    like  a  broken  promise..  let  it  go.  ❜ ❛    our  backs  tell  stories  no  books  have  have  the  spine  to  carry.  ❜   ❛    you  were  a  dragon  long  before  he  came  around  and  said  you  could  fly.  you  will  remain  a  dragon  long  after  he’s  left.  ❜ ❛    the  world  gives  you  so  much  pain,  and  here  you  are  making  gold  out  of  it.  ❜      ❛    you  split  me  open  in  the  most  honest  way  there  is.  ❜

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    i.     pre.     THE  VICTOR  SPOILS,   THE  LOSER  LEARNS.

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matrmvdita

Vanessa looked at him with eyes that loved him, adoration spilling out and surrounding him, trying to protect him. It would require work, that a look alone would protect someone so in need but if anyone could perfect it would be her (God willing). “Gifts? Am I hearing you right?” Unexpected but she still held herself poised and polite. In times so dire everything had a price, absolutely everything had a return so naturally, she was interested by his selflessness. “Because I see the greatest gift standin’ right in front of me.” Something between the youthful life of the living and company, for her those were two of the ultimate gifts still possible. “Not sure you what more you could offer me that goes above and beyond that little smile of yours.” Meant to pull it out from hiding, him seeming so unsteady in himself and Mama wishing to stabilize the earth beneath his feet. 

boy  once  golden,   scrape  the  rust  from  your  heart.     she  is  giving  you  everything  you  could  ever  need:    she  is  kind,   and  she  has  welcomed  you  in  from  day  one    ----   are  you  truly  going  to  turn  your  face  to  stone?    what  are  you  gaining?    don’t  you  know  the  benefits  are  all  that  matter?      ❛     uh,  yeah.   you  did.     ❜     be  careful  when  you  listen  to  her,    you  might  lose  your  grip:    you  should  have  died,   you  are  nothing,  &  you  sealed  it  for  yourself.   you  clutch  your  guilt  tightly,  it  is  all  you  have  left:   of  him,   of  her,   of  your  life  before.      ❛     brought  some  blankets.     ❜     you  are  right  to  be  slow  in  taking  your  bag  from  your  back,   just  as  you  are  to  offer  it  without  hesitation:   she  may  not  be  who  you  feel  you  need,   but  she  is  someone  you  can  trust,   nonetheless.   if  only  you  could  get  over  yourself.

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❛ you can’t make homes out of human beings. someone should have already told you that. ❜

no,  no,   you  were  only  trying     to  keep  your’s.   you  were  only  trying  to  hang  onto  what  sliver  you  could  find.    when  you  were  pulled  away,  it  was  not  with  ease:   your  nails  are  bloodied,   chipped,    and  you  wonder  if  people  can  see  your  desperation.   you  wonder  if  she  can,   you  wonder  if  she  would  ever  understand.     ❛     yeah,  well  .  .  .   thanks  for  the  advice.     ❜     .     @pearlezcent.

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allmcn.

       three word starter prompt.      @resiidem   [  everyone i’ve ever cared for has either died or left me.  ].

a  d e v i l  she’d been trying to evade. her own shadow who grabbed at her every chance he got. on her trail … and she swore she’d lost him. finally free as she settled. met at a crossroad - fitting. feet separated them, a canyon she was adamant to keep out of sheer fear of the other. ‘  CRY me a river. you either kill them or they run away from you ; take a hint.  ’

you  have  waited  what  feels  like  decades,    for  this?    for  her  to  greet  you  with  accusations?     your  blood  should  be  boiling,   but  you  are  too  weak  to  let  it.    there  is  no  strength  in  cowardice.  &   it  is  oh  so  hard  for  you  to  not  feel  scorned,   robbed.    all  this  time  devoted  &  she  doesn’t  want  to  see  you.    you  should  be  enraged,   you  should  yell,    you  should  call  HER  out  for  being  ungrateful.      ❛     teddy,  i           ❜     what  are  you  hesitating  for?   your  self-control  changes  nothing.      ❛     you  didn’t  have  to  run.     ❜     why,   because  you  weren’t  going  to  hurt  her?    only  in  a  world  where  you  hadn’t  become  frustrated  with  her  icing  you  out,  &  that  isn’t  this  one.

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                              ❝ Touch my mouth / And hold my tongue / I’ll never be your chosen one ❞

ft. @resiidem

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❛ where did it begin? what went wrong? ❜ from teddy

how  do  you  explain    that  you  believe  you  were  born with  this  in  you,   that  you  think  every  moment  has  been  for  nothing,   or  somehow  FAKE?     you  know  there  is  an  answer   (  *  DON’T,  YOU DON’T  ADMIT  TO  SOMETHING  SO  SHAMEFUL   ),  cold  &  disgusting,  but  you  refuse  to  follow  it;     thus,   you  are  alone,  and  lost,  and  always  have  been  without  his  boot  on  your  throat.   all  you  have  left  is  your  honesty,   and  you  can  only  hope  it  makes  her  stay.     ❛      i  stopped  talking  to  him,     ❜     too  poor,   dressed  too  ratty,   didn’t  talk  proper:    you  remember  his  reasons  clearly,  you  took  them  without  question.     ❛      and  i  shouldn’t  have.     ❜     but  you  did,    you  did  it  and  didn’t  think  about  it  again  until  it  ruined  your  own  life.     how  selfish.     .     @allmcn.

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warsan vs melancholy (the seven stages of grief) | the poetry sentence meme

warsan shire is a kenyan-born somali writer, poet, editor, and teacher.  you may know her as the woman whose poetry was adapted into beyonce’s visual album, lemonade.   i am using snippets of her poetry EP “warsan vs melancholy (the seven stages of grief)” which can be found here (the link redirects to a bandcamp page).  last time on our poetry sentence meme series, we used warsan shire’s poem “34 excuses for why we failed at love” which you can find here.  

feel free to change pronouns, punctuation, words, etc., as needed to make these prompts make sense—and please be sure to look up her work if you think it sounds as divine as i do!!!   –  LIZZY

the unbearable weight of staying (the end of the relationship)

❛ i don’t know when love became elusive. what i know, is that no one i know has it. ❜

❛ i think of lovers as trees, growing to and from one another, searching for the same light. ❜

❛ this is all i know how to do: carry loss around until i begin to resemble every bad memory, every terrible fear, every nightmare anyone has ever had. ❜

❛ did you ever love me? ❜

❛ of course, of course. ❜

❛ are you made of steel?  are you made of iron? ❜

❛ i need someone who knows how to stay. ❜

dear moon (the distraction)

❛ you cold, unimaginable thing. ❜ 

how to wear your mothers lipstick (the desperation)

❛ your mother is a woman and women like her cannot be contained. ❜

❛ you look nothing like your mother. ❜

❛ you look everything like your mother. ❜

❛ i thought i told you to stop calling me. ❜

❛ you taste like years of being alone. ❜

questions for the woman i was last night (the honest conversation)

❛ how far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps? ❜

❛ how often have you bartered with bone, only to sell yourself short? ❜

❛ why do you find the unavailable so alluring? ❜

❛ where did it begin? what went wrong? ❜

❛ who made you feel so worthless? ❜

❛ if they wanted you, wouldn’t they have chosen you? ❜

❛ all this time, you were begging for love silently, thinking they couldn’t hear you, but they smelt it on you. you must have known they could taste the desperate on your skin. ❜

❛ and what about the others? that would do everything for you? ❜

❛ why did you make them love you until you could not stand it? ❜

❛ how are you both these women, both flighty and needful? ❜

❛ where did you learn this, to want what does not want you? ❜

❛ where did you learn this, to leave those that want to stay? ❜

i think i know what we did wrong (the realization)

❛ we loved like two people who did not know god. ❜

❛ what a shame. ❜

for women who are difficult to love (the affirmation)

❛ i could never leave you, forget you, want anything but you. ❜

❛ you dizzy me; you are unbearable. ❜

❛ every woman before or after you is doused in your name. ❜

❛ you fill my mouth. my teeth ache with the memory of taste. ❜

❛ my body is just a long shadow seeking yours. ❜

❛ you are always too intense, frightening in the way that you want me. ❜

❛ no man can live up to the one who lives in your head. ❜

❛ so what did you want to do, love? split his head open? ❜

❛ you can’t make homes out of human beings. someone should have already told you that. ❜

❛ if he wants to leave, then let him leave. ❜

❛ you are terrifying and strange and beautiful. something not everyone knows how to love. ❜

(the prayer)

❛ (dear god), if it will keep my heart soft, break my heart every day. ❜

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CARELESS  BOY              ignorance  is  no  longer  bliss,    ignorance  itself  does  not  exist.   every  breath  you  take  is  loud  &  exhausting,   every  motion  heavy  to  take.    you  are  carrying  guilt  atop  your  chest.  you  are  sleepless,    and  unbearable.    why  do  you  keep  subjecting  people  to  yourself?     you  were  meant  to  be  doing  better  by  them.      ❛     excuse  me,  ma’am?     ❜     do  you  think  she  can  hear  your  nerves?    you  do  present  them  so  readily  these  days.      ❛     i  have         gifts  for  you.     ❜     .     @matrmvdita.

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Are these golden hearts always heavy?

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