#indignation

[niallhoranhasthat1thing]

Logan Lerman

The New York Times

[theclassymike]

Happy 32nd Birthday to Logan Lerman!🎂

[some-sort-of-mess]

Ignite

by B. Henderson

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I've had my share of bad days.

Forgiveness is a test,

and I am a failure.

But you—

how could you tell me that it's no big deal?

That I hurt you worse

than you hurt me.

It's not supposed to be a competition.

If it were,

you would win with flying colors.

Red flags would be going up

all across the stadium.

Three cheers

for the one who screwed up—

the worst.

You broke me in ways

I didn't know that I could be broken.

Bent me in ways

I never thought I'd let myself be bent.

Now what's left is shame

and a great feeling of indignation.

It is so hard to forgive.

I will never forget.

You are my forever.

Until the end,

when death does us part.

I will fight this fire

that consumes me.

Fight—

for the love of you.

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My submission for the 'Ignite' poetry prompt.

@versesbyaaliyah @picklemafia

[howifeltabouthim]

But something in her appreciated their protective rage.

Susan Minot, from Why I Don't Write and Other Stories

[thewhimsyturtle]

A most undignified tummy throwback: Put me down, Mom!

[giftofgabber]

girl ppl will offer you help expect you to ask for it and outright refuse it. Never offer someone else that knowledge. Never offer someone that knowledge. All that does is form a bad habit since your intention behind the offer and their belief in the offer are at cross-purposes.

like the other day a girl put out a cigarette rather than walk over to the dumpster with the butts since that was the help one might expect and since that’s what one must get by on . like wtf. you should be able to let your hand be upturned without denying righteous indignation at ‘help’ you KNOW might be refused.

like basically killing his offer before it’s accepted yk. or since that’s an unfair framing: steeling oneself against Others’ refusal or acceptance since some person you know won’t blood out their dreams on a whim. I h8 that shit

[jhsharman]

"here's health"

Myself, I kind of like the hat.

[quotespile]

Other people's weakness can destroy you just as much as their strength can. Weak people are not harmless. Their weakness can be their strength.

Philip Roth, Indignation