One foot in front of the other

chaotic neutral | wood elf | bard

[weltenwellen]

Franny Choi, from "What a Cyborg Wants"

[bestiolin]

[girlzoid]

i dont "struggle" with isolation, i'm actually soooooo super fucking good at it

[astriloquum]

[coolmugsifound]

"Friends / Houses" Mug Mates mug (1985)

source

[cidham]

amir khusrow (1253–1325 CE)

[cherepashkadrabbles]

This is back on my dash! And listen, I love to see Amir Khusrau getting appreciation, but this translation ignores a lot. The original rhymes! And scans! And does playful things with register! And conveys a tone of affectionate banter between the two speakers, not least because it has them both addressing each other as sakhi (translated above as “girl”) in the last two lines. I think taking some liberties with line order is worth it to preserve more of the rest—and I think there’s a better translation of sakhi. And so:

He only visits once a year, I splurge big on him when he’s here, His kisses make my tastebuds tango. Who, bitch, your man? Nah, bitch, a mango.

[metamorphesque]

― Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

[text ID: I am obscure to myself. I let myself happen. I unfold only in the now. I am rudely alive.]

[anxeious]

[pnglove]

pie pngs ♡

[nixscriptum]

less of a poem, more of a reminder. ( ఌ )

[nothingspecialjustasoul]

I got used to missing people who are still alive

[digitansdiaries]

I got that dog in me

(Obsessive tendencies and abandonment issues)

[worstgirlintheworld]

Jenny Holzer, Living, 1980-82

[filmnoirsbian]

Tenderhooks by Joan Tierney

[kiiwii-is-not-okay]

"time heals all wounds" WRONG! time is ripping into me with a cheese grater

[wintercorrybriea2]

dior fall 2026

[64mpg]

*does not learn my lesson* *does not learn my lesson* *does not learn my lesson* *does not leanr m