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“sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”

[restingplaced]

welcome to my little blog! this is a place where i'll post some of the poetry/writing i work on.

i am twenty two and currently studying for a b.a. in english. i've taken a break from writing for quite a while, and i'm hoping this blog will keep me motivated to continue writing for leisure instead of solely for work and school.

if you like my work and want to post it elsewhere, i'd appreciate asking first! if you do post it elsewhere, please credit my blog—this is the sole place i publish my poetry (for now...). my ask box is open for any questions or conversations :)

i'll probably update this post to be cuter/more detailed once i figure out what exactly i want it to say, so expect an update soon!

[geryone]

The Cow, Ariana Reines

[valarinde]

we need to hang on to things that mark the passage of time or we will collectively go crazy i'm not even joking

[valarinde]

we need to buy seasonal vegetables for our table we need to decorate for our chosen holidays we need to engage with a weekly show we need to have semi-regular meal times we need to write down friends' birthdays and have movie night and attend fairs we need to change the flowers on our balcony with plants that can survive the cold and get soil under our fingernails we need to be able to plan and wait and anticipate and find comfort and joy in things leaving but returning we need RITUALS to survive

[lilyinchainz-deactivated2025072]

✃⋆.ೃ࿔

[allpraisetothemosthigh-deactiva]

think of me and tell me

[sunbathe]

[drunkwhenimadethis]

I really need to sit and read long novels with complicated words that I don’t yet know and go back to language class and get my driver’s license in Italy and develop a routine outside of work and visit people for coffee and company and I need to watch films that are slow and crawling and demand all of me and stop with fucking YouTube shorts because my soul is dying

[quasi-normalcy]

We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"

[perequiste]

you find beauty in ordinary things. do not lose this ability

[shadowed-yet-vibrant]

I love having friends who reject diet culture. I love going out when everyone buys food and drinks that they enjoy. I love people who will pipe up and suggest we stop for a snack or grab a meal. I love ordering what I want and no one making comments other than how good it looks (and maybe asking to steal a bite off my plate). I love revelling in how full we are after a good meal and taking a break to appreciate how fortunate we are. I love sharing snack from our bags with one another. I love enjoying the pleasure of food and drinks and good company.

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

don’t abandon joy because it is brief. don’t commit to solitude because happiness is fleeting. it’s okay that good things do not last forever. it’s okay to simply enjoy a thing for as long as you have it.

[iwait4youalexg]

Oh!

[yourivygrows]

well well well if it isn’t august slipping away

[x4p]

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[catchymemes]

[butchniqabi]

[homunculus-argument]

Rules of DIY:

if it's a skill, there's rules you can learn

if it's an art, rules are not your concern

make it fucked up or you won't make it

if it's already broken, you can't break it

anything can be fixed with gorilla glue

except for pleather, and also you

[smallplum]

i love arrangements of light and objects that look like art you could never dream up. i love the moments when you look up from your cup of coffee and the light hits the spoon and suddenly you’re caught in a moment of stunned silence