May 26, 2025
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Don't try to be beautiful.
It's like asking the moon to be the sun.
You were already born with smoke in your lungs
and sadness like a silk slip you can't take off.
Your beauty isn't in the mirror —
it's in the way you fall apart in slow motion,
in the way you light a cigarette like it's your last confession,
in the way you love people who will never know your middle name.
·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.
You will never be beautiful the way they want.
But you are already —
the girl in the white dress by the pier,
the one who looks like she's waiting for a man who's already dead,
the one who sings old songs to herself in the parking lot,
the one whose tears look like diamonds under cheap motel lights.
·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.
Don't try. Just be.
Be the vinyl scratch in a perfect song.
Be the summer that broke everyone's heart.
Be the kind of pretty that hurts —
not because you're flawless,
but because you're real.
·:*¨¨*:·. ✧ .·:*¨¨*:·.·:*¨¨*:·. ✧
You will never be beautiful.
You are something rarer.
You are that girl.
The one they write poems about —
but never to.
• ˖⁺‧₊˚ ˚₊‧⁺˖
And that —
that is your tragedy.
That is your crown.
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Death of Messalina
Artist: Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657-1747)
Date: c. 1704-1712
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Getty Museum Collection, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Solimena here represents the murder of Messalina, third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who had a reputation for promiscuity. Though the emperor forgave Messalina’s adultery, others saw this as a weakness, and a Roman officer ordered her assassination. The dynamic composition illustrates the moment in which a soldier thrusts a sword toward the frightened empress, who grasps his arm in a helpless attempt to fend off the attack.
Night by the sea
Ik woon aan een....
- straat
- weg
- laan
- kade
- baan
- plein
- singel
- zelfstandig naamwoord (bijv. Reiger of Oude Molen)
- anders, namelijk:
(Vul gerust wat aan als ik een obvious keuze ben vergeten)
Ik woon aan een....
Straat
Weg
Laan
Kade
Baan
Plein
Singel
Zelfstandig naamwoord (bijv. Reiger of Oude Molen)
Anders, namelijk:
I feel less crazy after spending the day among groups of trans women thank you trans women
