Margaret Atwood, From Paper Boat: Selected Poems; "He Shifts From East To West,"

Margaret Atwood, from Paper Boat: Selected Poems; "He Shifts from East to West,"

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pulchra-potens

1 year ago

i guess I understand

why they all leave.

i am hard to love

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1 month ago

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pulchra-potens

10 months ago

I have been wondering,

if its my fault that she is becoming a monster.

and if it is me, i might be doing a good job.

and it scares me.

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pulchra-potens

11 months ago

"is this too cliche?" who cares? bro, write what you have fun writing. stuff your manuscript full of your favourite tropes. the same themes you love. all inspired by things you grew up with. do it all. go off. load. it. up. be freeeee

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pulchra-potens

10 months ago

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pulchra-potens

5 months ago

I can kill the desire, but I can’t kill the tenderness, the need to touch you when your eyes are dark, when you are pale.

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1939-1947

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pulchra-potens

11 months ago

I wish.

“Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.”

— maryam hasnaa

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pulchra-potens

9 months ago

It's unfair that she is suffering

and i am taken care of.

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pulchra-potens

11 months ago

how often do i have to convey myself that i am not a monster?

how often do i have to hate myself for being proud of that?

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pulchra-potens

3 months ago

You can have everything, and still be broken.

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