tales of the toxic

the dark makes the light shine brighter

[quotemadness]

“My only relief is to sleep. When I’m sleeping I’m not sad, I’m not angry, I’m not lonely, I’m nothing.”

— Jillian Medoff

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Inability

I can’t tell if the stars twinkle because thick layers of smog obscure my vision;

I can’t hear the crickets lurking in the bush because  the honking vehicles deafen my hearing;

I can’t feel if I’m alive because  I can only inhale angst, repulsion and worldwide frustration.

[lilllium]

—W. S. Merwin, from Separation

[tzombi]

You put me down so easily I need you in my life

[tzombi]

For life

[darkpoetryz]

And when you told me what your favorite book was, I bought it and read it over and over, trying to find pieces of you in it

[darkpoetryz]

And god said "Love your Enemy" and I obeyed him and loved myself

– Kahlil Gibran

[tzombi]

Used to see demons everytime I looked in the mirror

[tshepididntwakeup]

[weltenwellen]

Erika L. Sánchez, from "Departure"

[literaturecravings]

—The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot

[tzombi]

Dark paradise

[tzombi]

[tzombi]

[tzombi]

Strangers I've met

[tzombi]

My love is true for you

[tzombi]