I Defy You, Stars

[star-crossed-skeletons]

You loved me more

when I wasn't yours

[gllorious]

[shisasan]

Ph. Nádia Maria

[before-life]

Dark (2017-2020)

[megairea]

Nazik Al-Malaika, from I Am;  Women Of The Fertile Crescent: An Anthology Of Modern Poetry (ed. by Kamal Boullata)

[metamorphesque]

— Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

[text ID:   Yesterday I advised you not to write me every day, I still hold the same opinion today and it would be very good for both of us, and so I repeat my advice today even more emphatically- only please, Milena, don't listen to me, and write me every day anyway, it can even be very brief, briefer than today's letters, just 2 lines, just one, just one word, but if I had to go without them I would suffer terribly.]

[xt-ccc-deactivated20211116]

[yousaveeveryonebutwhosavesyou]

And after a while you just stop. You stop watering your plants. You stop watching netflix. You stop reading. You stop replying to your friends as fast as you used to. You stop buying yourself nice things. You stop putting an effort into how you look. You stop taking care of yourself like you used to. You stop sleeping. You stop eating healthy foods. You stop petting your pet. You stop socializing.

You stop with everything. You find yourself sitting in your room for hours on end, without doing a single thing. Days feel like years. And you think you can’t do it for much longer.

[abnormall]

i am tired. i am exhausted. from my head to my soul to my bones i am so fucking tired.

[iwas-handpicked]

them: how’s your mental health?

me: i’ve literally been posting about wanting to die for like a decade

[isabadday]

[screnwriter-deactivated20220724]

physical intimacy prompts

holding hands during a stressful situation

smiling in-between kisses

touching foreheads

cheek kisses

slow dancing

intertwining fingers

comparing hand sizes

resting your head on your partner's lap

piggy back rides

standing on your tip toes to reach your partner's lips

kissing your partner's wounds

forehead kisses

falling asleep on your partner's shoulder

bridal carries

spooning

rolling over in bed, switching positions during a kiss

embracing your partner

intertwining fingers when making love

pulling away from a kiss, deeply looking into each other's eyes, appreciating being here with each other before diving back in

nudging into the crook of your partner's neck

being carried/tucked into bed, after having fallen asleep on the couch waiting for your partner to come home

saying ''i love you'' in-between kisses

nose boops

back rubs

tracing fingers down your partner's chest

hand on chest during a casual conversation

bumping into each other

hugs that last longer than they should

showering together

hands around the waist

straddling your partner's thighs

helping your partner undress

playing with your partner's hair

falling asleep to your partner's heartbeat

resting a hand on your partner's back

squeezing each other's hands

sitting in your partner's lap

cupping your partner's face

tickling

linking arms with each other

exploring each other's lips

caressing your partner's face

brushing your lips together, lingering for a moment

jumping into your partner's arms

wrapping legs around your partner

tucking a strand of hair behind your partner's ear

pulling your partner into your lap

hugging from behind

lifting your partner off the ground

holding hands across the table

holding hands under the table

bear hugs

caressing your partner's hand

laying a hand on your partner's thigh

literally sharing a sweater

slapping your partner's butt

tummy kisses

feeling each other's pulse

glancing at each other's lips

falling asleep while cuddling on the couch

climbing back into bed, onto your partner's body to wake them up

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Works by Jade Merien

This artist on Instagram // Society6

[star-crossed-skeletons]

I wonder

I wonder what stories

Lay on the tips of our tongues

Never passing through the veil

As hurried hands

Engrossing

Each other

Endlessly

Till there’s nothing left

How I miss the sound of your voice

The one that spoke so loudly

Across time and space

Lost

Now that I meet your gaze

Lost

In this physical consumption

Called love

[urada]

[spellboundlove]

[mentalquotes]