a new chapter for an old soul in a young body

ari × 17 × usa × they/he × queer × poly × taken https://linktr.ee/starboyaristotle

[poems-and-word]

[approvers]

[approvers]

[approvers]

[lafioras-deactivated20170624]

love can really save people, and i’m not talking about romantic love. i’m talking about platonic, wholesome, unselfish love that demands nothing in return other than that person’s safety, happiness, and well-being. love for the sake of love. i think this kind of love is wonderful.

[soracities]

“I love a marvelous mutilated statue, an unfinished text, a fragment of sky inscribed on the window of life.”

— Julio Cortázar, from “Orientation of Cats”, We Love Glenda So Much & Other Tales

[books-n-quotes]

“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.”

— Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

[dg-fragments]

There’s chaos in the air,

Sweeping me with itself,

You would be my sole refuge,

But you’ve already locked me out,

I wither away but slowly, on your doorstep.

- DG

[semicolon-poet]

{ not mine }

[criticalcriminal]

I toll over books and manuscripts, read ancient tablets with my fingertips and  study until the wounds of my spirit come open and bleed.

what seas reside on this blue Earth, I have sailed them. forbidden lands and  their ancient ruins are obstacles in my way, as unneeded and distracting as a naysayer.

and there are many; doubters, I mean; those who say they’ve never believed in  what might not always been seen. who is sure of their bones if they’ve not cut themselves open to see?

I have been selling pieces of myself for everyone so there is no grievance when giving my life to show the people of the world that there is a beast called Apocalypse coming for us all.

however many years I have left, I shall spend them all in strong pursuit of proof In my study, as old as ugly as I am, for I will be as I am now; searching for something unreal. 

#authrober / #31horrificdays day 11; obsession - chey

[wongikim]

I have loved the stars even before her but after our souls crossed, I catch myself looking up every night hoping she’s doing the same

[flowingpoetry]

“I am enough. I have to be enough. I can’t afford to feel worthless anymore. It’s causing too much pain. It takes too much time. In the time it takes for thoughts to strike, i will rebuild myself from scratch, this time with a stronger foundation.”

-change comes from the inside out

[remanence-of-love]

“All I need is a little more sunlight, a little more sleep and a lot more of you.”

— Juansen Dizon

[rachtiouspalmer]

empty room and a quiet stair

late day light delivers early winter

between the horizon and home

this lonely fire cracks hot all the same

your shawl and smell both on me

a wood floor

the room we always dreamt

is drafty

[semicolon-poet]

{ not mine }

[elpatron-delmal]

s/o to everyone who is still tryin to heal from things that they don’t talk about

[quotesofallkinds]

[justavpdthings]

I once said to my therapist after a particularly hard week, “I wish I could just fix all of my problems and move on to live a normal life” And he looked at me and said, “There is no finish line”.

Those words felt like a stab in my heart, but they were words that I desperately needed to hear. There is no finish line to my problems. It’s not possible to get through a certain point in life and have my problems simply disappear. And it’s unhealthy to think that way. Up to that point in my life, that’s what I though recovery was. I thought it was like working your way forward until it seems like your problems never existed in the first place.

The finish line does not exist. Instead, everyone has a capacity for recovery. You may never completely rid yourself of whatever causes you pain, but you will move miles from where you started. Don’t set your expectations too high and create that theoretical finish line in your life, or you will only end up chasing it. Instead, focus on your own capacity for recovery, and be proud of yourself for every step you take.

[justavpdthings]

Just saw Eighth Grade and reblogging the heck out of this bc wow it gets so much better if you just take it one step at a time

[mintedwitcher]

Okay but I cant help but hear “there is no finish line” and immediately respond with “then why am i running the race?” What is the point*? Where is the benefit of putting in the effort if its not going to ever end? If i am always going to battle I would rather just give up the fight.

*(Im not saying recovery is bad or whatever ppl wanna reach for, this is my personal view)

[dalniente]

That’s the thing, though: it’s not a race. It’s a garden.

No matter what your garden looks like in the beginning, you have to weed it before it can grow into what you want it to be. And when your flowers are planted and growing, you still have to keep up with the weeding. You have to keep up with the weeding even after your flowers are tall. A garden can’t survive on its own. There will always be weeds.

But there will be flowers, too, if you give them space to grow. Give them room, give them time, and keep checking in to make sure the weeds don’t get too tall. You will always have weeds, but you will also have flowers.

And maybe your garden doesn’t look exactly like you imagined it would. Maybe you aren’t sure how to get rid of that one big thistle in the corner. Maybe you’ve got bindweed and nutgrass (which will always, always come back). Either way, you’ve got flowers now, and it’s a nice place to sit and look around, and it looks nicer than it did before, and it’s yours. Keep going with it. If you miss a few days, or months, or years, that’s okay. Pull up the weeds when you’re ready, uncover your old flowers and plant some new ones, and keep going.

Gardening is a process, not a project or a problem that can be solved. The same is true for your mental health. Weeds will grow, but you’ll get better and better at pulling them, and you’ll grow flowers, too.

[relatablepoetryandquotes]

“I felt very tired and vague in the head.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

via @the-book-diaries