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We cling to music, to poems, to quotes, to writing, to art because we desperately do not want to be alone. We want to know we aren't going crazy and someone else out there knows exactly how you're feeling. --comelywords



  • chrysanthemumcentury
    Sep 14, 2024

    TFW I'M THINKING ABOUT A POEM ABOUT MISSING AND GO "faint cloud lines above the trees and the slow, crawling purr of the cat" (sorry anyway i love your poetry sm and ur amazing! hope you're doing well <333)

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    I'm in a very weird emotional space right now where I'm simultaneously doing better than I've done in a long time, and feeling excruciatingly anxious and insecure. On the one hand, I have a wonderful partner (I genuinely don't think I could've dreamed up someone lovelier and more compatible) and my gender dysphoria is at a minimum and I spent the summer doing a job I loved. On the other hand, all my close friends are moving away and I'm moving to a new place and I've decided to change my name again (and that can of worms is incredibly overwhelming). I told my friend on a call last night that I don't feel qualified for any of this—being in my university program, being in a relationship, picking my own name, living on my own—and I think that sums up the overwhelm I'm feeling pretty well. I just feel so vastly under qualified to be running my own life, but I'm at an age where I am the only person who can be running it. What to make of that contradiction??


    EllieMae <3333333
    Aug 18, 2024


    fatherfig <33333
    Aug 18, 2024

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  • my partner has been out of province for the past month, and as of today they'll be back in exactly two weeks...I'm feeling INCREDIBLY impatient about this @_@


    dissonance teleportation
    Aug 6, 2024

  • “and taking up the space next to me that's been holding itself in your outline. ” SORRY??? That’s stunning!


    Hijinks oh my gosh kattee you're too sweet <3 thank you!! I haven't been writing poems nearly as often as I used to (your wall post is way too relatable) but occasionally life just drops a poem in my lap and what am I supposed to do??
    Aug 3, 2024


    kattee Nooo genuinely me too :( I’ve become a corporate slave so all I’m reading are documents. They’re so stiff and dry lol. It’s been so difficult to be creative. But other than that, quite like my job. But no, I wish it just drops on my lap as well. I only had the motivation to write a poem the other day because I miss yws and writing here so much. It’s been so looong
    Aug 5, 2024

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  • redcarnation
    Jun 29, 2024

    Happy cake day!!


    Hijinks Thank you!
    Jul 6, 2024

  • happy happy cake day, Hijinks!! you are such a talented and hardworking poet and have honestly inspired me so much :D i hope you have an absolutely splendiferous day!!


    Hijinks Aw thank you mint! You're the sweetest :)
    Jul 6, 2024


    Spearmint <333
    Jul 6, 2024

  • Happy cake day!!!


    Hijinks Thanks Plume!!
    Jul 6, 2024


  • Liminality
    Jun 28, 2024

    Happy Cake Day, Hijinks!! All the best!


    Hijinks Thank you Lim!!
    Jul 6, 2024

  • cake and cake and lots of cake :] Happy cake day! Hope it's a good one :D


    Hijinks oh my goodness so much cake !!
    Jul 6, 2024


  • LadyMysterio
    Jun 28, 2024

    Happy Cake dayyy


    Hijinks thank youuu
    Jul 6, 2024


  • LuminescentAnt
    Jun 28, 2024

    Happy cake day!!!


    Hijinks Thank you!!!
    Jul 6, 2024


  • chrysanthemumcentury
    Jun 28, 2024

    happy cake jinxy :) hope it is very poem


    Hijinks thank you!
    Jul 6, 2024

  • Que wrote:I saw this right after my mom sent me a photo of two friends from home who both got married this week. :'''') Perfect timing and a good reminder!

    LadyMysterio wrote:This is your friendly reminder that you do not have to have achieved certainly things by a certain age. Everyones goes through life differently. Heck, I live with my parents, don't have a job rn (heath issues) and have never dated. And Im 20. I have to remind myself to not compare myself to all the other people my age

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    I have two categories of friends right now: the ones who are getting married and the ones who are going to grad school, and also some doing both, and I'm just chilling with my full-time job, which I adore. but. sometimes it's hard to feel like you can be happy when everyone around you is doing something different!

    I'm still really grateful for everything I've been able to accomplish and all of my experiences so far. <3

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  • We may or may not have already planned our next three dates
    Hijinks wrote:
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    adflkjrdjkf the adrenaline of a new crush is stupidly addicting every single time,,, like somehow it never gets old

    in totally unrelated news, a girl that I've known for less than a month is taking a 2.5 hour bus ride to come watch a children's musical because I'm going to be in the sound booth of said musical. not even remotely on stage. and you know what she said regarding that? "every time a curtain goes up it's basically you performing"—which technically speaking I don't think actually has any sort of interpretable meaning but the vibes of it are sljkfdjs

    and then afterwards (at like 9:00 PM) we're going out for a "brunch" that we've been planning to reschedule for a couple weeks

    and then she's sleeping over and I'm going to drive her to the bus station in the morning

    it's fine I'm so fine

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    Euphory oh my god this is so wholesome :')
    May 18, 2024



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