NIRVANA

On the pursuit of the great perhaps

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“We go on. Because it is the hard thing to do. And we owe ourselves the difficulty.”

— Nikki Giovanni, from The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovannii; “Today: For Mari Evans,”

[almacarioca]

a l m a c a r i o c a

[confessingsecr-ts]

[certasluas]

[buttonpoetry]

“Aquarius, you do not owe your progress to anyone.”

— Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak

[thedarkperidot]

Signs you grew up lonely

- Chasing people who don’t want you

-Making up lots of stories and worlds

-Overtalking whenever there’s someone to talk to

-Excessive reading

-Daydreaming

-Clinging emotionally to others

-Being the ‘disposable’ friend in the group

-Excessive baths

-Talking to oneself

-Obsessive friendships

-Excessive helpfulness

[shalisayshello]

[selfcarevibes]

Great reminders from @positivelypresent

[shalisayshello]

Meditation and Yoga helps a whole lot

[justlittlethings]

[etoile-filantes]

“I write because I’d rather not bleed.”

—

etoile-filantes

[kuwaiti-kid-deactivated20190515]

2018 thank u, next bitch

[oncelerfucker69-deactivated2019]

I hate how “daddy issues” is used to call women crazy and un-datable rather than bring up the fact so many fathers are abusing their daughters to the point of emotional breakdown

[toastbutteregg]

this needs more notes

[buttonpoetry]

“Call it self-hate. Call it ‘I just need an alone day.’ Take an alone day every day.”

— Ollie Schminkey, “How to Love Your Body in 10 Easy Steps”

[drunk-on-writing]

dear god if you’re here god can you hear god? can you make it disappear god? all this pain and the fear, god can you please interfere god? take away all the drear, god dig a hole and bury it here, god show me how to dry these tears, god show me a sky, blue and clear, god show me an easier year, god don’t let the suffering reappear, god give me the strength to persevere, god because i feel so weak, god and it’s been going on for weeks, god and i cant even speak, god but i know you hear, god and i know you’re near, god so please be near, god please be here, god because you know i fear, god it’s all so blear, god please make it clear, god i’m being sincere, god when i ask for help out of here, god can you hear god?

(cc, 2018)

[buttonpoetry]

“I knew then that we were going to share whatever forever we had left.”

—

Guante, “Love in the Time of Undeath”

Performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN. Support Button Poetry.

[fancyspice]

[ohgod-awesome-posts]

Me

[ai-papi-deactivated20201124]

choose someone that, even though failing to break down your walls, will do everything to climb past them