benang merah

between commas and periods.

[shaslain]

I pray life is kind to you, that it offers you soft landings and gentle shores.

Because for me, it has been a different story. Since April 2024, the world has felt like a different place; heavier, dimmer. I have been learning the vocabulary of a silence I didn't choose, carrying a weight that doesn't show.

Yet, in the midst of my own storms, my hope for you remains unchanged. Perhaps even strengthened. Knowing how sharp the edges can be, I wish only for you to feel the softness. Knowing how long the shadows can stretch, I wish only for you to stand in the light.

So I pray, with a heart that knows the contrast, that your path is lined with grace. May you kindness, your joy, your peace remain unshaken. It is a prayer I whisper for you, even from a place where my own has been hard to find.

[achillesinhighheels]

[shaslain]

direngkuh ketika rapuh,

tiap malam yang kau berjaga,

memastikan aku tak luruh,

dalam pelukan yang sempurna.

ketika langkahku hampir menyerah,

ketika nafasku enggan berlabuh,

kau tetap di sisi,

menenangi raguku hingga reda,

seperti ombak, kau tentu surutnya.

dari sekian banyak bahaya,

kau pilih bahagiakan hatiku yang lesu,

dengan sabar kau suluh setiap gelapku,

bagaimana sayangmu sebesar itu?

[radawaycunt]

I think being pinned onto the clothesline and fluttering in the afternoon breeze while I sun dry would cure me actually

[hopelessvalentines]

“you’re my best friend, now i’ve got no one to tell i’ve lost my best friend.”

….

[lena-oleanderson]

also a poem from the new, unreleased collection. very possibly my own all-time favourite.

[raqhaelia-deactivated20241212]

from a young age i knew i wanted to give up when things got hard

[vexheart]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Albert Camus, The Misunderstanding

[reslake]

I've always thought Margarita would be a beautiful name for a little girl

[reslake]

And her beautiful sister Cosmopolitan

[whats-a-bear]

naming my daughter Rum &

hold on post canceled why the fuck did my keyboard recommend this emoji to me

[effemimaniac]

Rum & The Eyeless One

[mournfulroses]

Trista Mateer, from a poem featured in her collection titled The Dogs I Have Kissed

[kosmogrl]

[karolinactually]

[dienothemink]

sometimes i say “i think” but actually i know. on account of being the knower.

[bintro]

​i’m such a fake idgafer everything bothers me tbh

[kosmogrl]

the kind of tired you feel after a happy long beach day is the only kind of tired anyone should ever feel

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

my summer plans consist of unclenching my jaw + forgiving myself