g

i write for myself, this is how i cope, i have no other release

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

you call me annoying

but, i wasn’t annoying when you were fucking me.

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

is it for us?

why do we forgive the people that hurt us the most? is it the wanting them to stay? the ‘needing’ them? the not wanting to deprive ourselves of the happiness they bring despite the hurt they cause? or is it in the hopes that they will see us and love us like we love them? 

-grace g

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

we forgive because we love,

what are we if not fools in love?

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

the smells,

the songs,

the sounds,

they all feel like you.

they are all a memory of you.

they all feel like home

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

my phones full of notifications

but none of them are from you

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

you know every night before i go to sleep 

i double check that i’ve left my ringer on 

just in case you change your mind 

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

without you here

the nights get quieter, lonelier and colder

smiles grow thin and scarce

it’s as if all the goods been drained out of the world

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

everywhere i go there’s always something that reminds me of you,

something that provokes a thought

then a memory

then the pain of realising you’re not here

[unspokenwordsandthoughts]

it hurts so bad

i have to hold in my cries

it makes my lungs burn and my throat raw, i just wanna scream

[watchoutforintellect]

“I hunger to commit the act of touch.”

— Margaret Atwood, from The Handmaid’s Tale

[thoughtkick]

“I met a guy. For the first time in my life I fell in love. I let down my walls. I found someone who makes me laugh. Who gives me hope. I love him with everything I have in me.”

— Abbi Glines, Because of Low (via resqectable)

[surqrised]

“I don’t care what your mind says: You deserve to be happy.”

— Unknown (via thoughtkick)

[thoughtkick]

“If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself.”

— Nikita Gill (via resqectable)

[perfeqt]

I don’t think there’s anything sadder than when two people are meant to be together and something intervenes.

Walter Bishop (via perfeqt)

[sparkandashes]

You see two paths,

At times too many,

And you wonder which one to choose,

Where would the road lead you?

Will it take you to a new home or will it take you back to your own?

You fear so many things that may come your way;

Maybe you fear seeing them all who left you once, while you begged them to stay,

What if the road ends nowhere?

Oh, so many questions pester you, you can’t even choose,

The dark days haunt you, bad dreams break you,

And you stand helplessly, scared of even walking a mile,

But darling, if you never walk and let your fears triumph,

You will miss living your life because in this world if you let people dictate what you do,

You will lose your life,

Better conquer them before they conquer you!

Sparkandashes via tumblr

[resqectable]

“To be touched - truly touched - that’s what I’m looking for. To unfold at a brush of skin like a rare flower blooming. To be surfaced at the curl of fingertips around my soul. I am so tired of shallow fun. I want my heart to shudder at a touch, to whisper, “here, here, it’s all yours.”

— Beau Taplin (via surqrised)

[relatablepoetryandquotes]

“A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words—or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbols—spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word.” - Jorge Luis Borges, This Craft of Verse

[stcrlghts]

latin phrases worth knowing:

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 

alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 

amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 

ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 

aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 

dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 

ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 

exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad

experiential docet - experience teaches 

helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 

in libras libertas - in books, freedom 

littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 

mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 

mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 

nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 

omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 

poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 

qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 

saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 

sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 

si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 

struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 

sub rosa - under the rose 

trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise

urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 

ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - as loyal as she began, so she remains