Fire From The Sun

Don't play with mud.

Don't dirty your clothes.

Girls don't play with balls or bats.

Go there, here take your doll.

Sit quietly. Watch them run.

"Mum i tore my tshirt while playing with my friends in the grass"

Boys will be boys, you say /

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Don't sit like this.

Close your legs.

Hands on your thighs.

Greet. Be polite.

"Mum watch me as I run around in the kitchen in a house with guests"

Ah boys! [ Boys ] You laugh /

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Girls aren't supposed to wear this.

Pants and shirts are not for you to wear.

You look good, but not good enough.

Tidy your hair. No mess. Comb

'Smile' [ Smile ] ah! There it is

"Mum, Don't I look good with the suit and the tie?"

Perfect, you smile /

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Come home early.

Don't wear a dress at night.

No short skirts or shorts.

Don't take drink.

Never talk to strangers, my dear.

"Mum, I came home at 4 am, alone in the dark"

It's okay [ It is?! ] you pat /

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Clean the house.

Tidy your room.

This doesn't look good kept like that.

Learn how to cook

Learn how to wash.

This is your house too, afterall

"Mum, my room is a mess, and i won't take care of the house. Cook for me. Will you mum?"

Yeah sure. Boys will be boys. You laugh along /

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You got raped!

Didn't I teach you how to protect yourself?

Don't dress provocatively.

Don't make their eyes linger.

Don't drink. Don't speak [ Don't live ]

Come home! [ Stay at home ]

Now bear the baby

What did you do!

[It's all your fault]

"Mum, I raped a girl in the alley today"

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Boys will be boys. Won't you say now?

"it's okay, it happens"

[ Boys are boys, right? ]

They won't change. [ You won't change ]

Boys will be boys. Now won't they?

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They say we're equal

[ Feminism is shit ]

We're free! Are we really?

I don’t know if you know this now, but right now, there are two sisters from Saudi Arabia that are FLEEING the country and seeking asylum to escape their abusive family. If they return to Saudi Arabia, there’s a very good chance they’ll end up in a forced marriage, raped or even KILLED.

They made a video explaining what happened here

Here are some news articles I found about this

They managed to get to Twitter and alert everyone about their situation, but Twitter took their accounts down

Twitter is actually trying to SILENCE them and make sure that no one knows about this. Don’t let them get away with it. Reblog this and use the hashtag #SaveDuaandDalal

Thanks to @daughter-of-iblis for letting me know about this

He was telling me how he liked her, and didn’t want to have sex with her until she was 18, and he just wanted to date her cuz sex would be “wrong”

But here’s what struck me about the conversation. When listing all the things he liked about her, not one of them was ABOUT her. It was about how much she like him and was interested in him and his life in his hobbies. How she found everything he did was amazing and cool.

And here’s where it really hit home for me “she’s not like girls our age” (I guess forgetting he was speaking to a girl his age) But what he meant by that wasn’t that she was special, what he meant was “she’s not old enough to have met more interesting people to compare me to” and “she’s not experienced enough to fight me on my bull shit”

Because of course a teenage girl is gonna find a 24 year old man who has a nice car, a money to pay for things and the freedom to be involved in all his fun hobbies, of course she’s gonna find all that Amazing. Cuz she’s in highschool. Where as “girls his age” expect that. It’s not cool and amazing. Girls his age expect more. Girls his age also aren’t gonna fall for cheesey one liners and compliments, especially not in the same way an insecure still figuring herself out teenage girl is.

And let me tell you, this guy was no “loser” when it came to women. He was popular, good looking, everyone knew him, and for a lack of better words he “got around” But when it came to serious relationships I’m sure he heard a mouthful from the few women he dated “get a stable job so you can move out of your parents house” (and look no shade, the economy is rough but if you’re dating someone and they’re not even looking for jobs it’s annoying and trust me there was no fire under his ass to try) You know who he isn’t gonna hear that from? A teenage girl in highschool.

Thankfully nothing came of this. But what I really want to say, young people, if an older person is interested in you don’t trust them. Especially if you’re in highschool or just getting out of highschool. They don’t think you’re special, they think you’re not gonna be able to see their flaws. They’re trying to feed their ego. Cuz guess what? You are special. And you deserve every opportunity to figure out how goddamn special you are and be able to find someone just as special as you, and find you just as special and be able to have healthy equal relationships with that person. But that person who’s 6, 7- 10 years older than you isn’t interested in how special you are. They’re interested in how special you make them feel. And they will manipulate you to keep it that way.

taylor:

sincerely sing

the anthem of

this broken world

with broken beat

from broken strings

a broken voice

might reach heaven

pleading for rain

of miracles

& healing

a broken whisper

might reach God’s ears

hoping to once again

extend His hand

& fix this

brokenness

//Me To You//

they’re scary and at some part, painful

I inclined to what matters the most

I don’t hold back to what is true

I bear the burden myself

the rebuke I have recieved from failures and defeats

they’re hurting every bone in my body

the most painful defeat I have experienced is losing the chance of making the most in every opportunity

I see this

a lot of eyes are quick in judging, said the broken

eyes don’t have the heart to feel

a lot of hearts are insensitive, said the coward

heart don’t have the eyes to see

but either ways, we belong here somewhere

between the lines of whether everything is in good terms or in bad settings

we tend to always find the most comfortable place to be only to avoid complications

but along the way, in our pursuit of comfort, we make things complicated

let’s not hide this,

call me hypocrite, mock me, tell me ignorant all you want but here I want to reveal what our very problem is,

We act more of a victim rather than a victor

and the more we soak ourselves in disappointments the more we become self-centered.

-what did we missed?

//Me To You//

to walk on the roads

that you wanted to travel

I stopped looking for the things

that I loved

instead I fell for the roads

and the footprints that belonged to us

And then suddenly you decided

these roads are not for you

you left the roads and me

somewhere in between

I couldn’t go back

nor I could wait for you

so I just keep walking and walking

with now where to go

and still my footprints bleeds

the name of you .

Who carry their heart

on the palm of their hands

I am one of those

who cut their heart

in tiny pieces to hide it

from the people who can

hurt me more than I can

and you look like one of those .

It took me years to learn how to

dig holes in my own soul

to make home for these bleeding

parts of mine

and just by looking in your eyes

I can tell you will collect

all of them in few seconds

and put them together

just to break in a million of pieces

again and I am scared

at that time

I won’t be able to give them

a home

mirror💕

I knew

You could

Never love me,

Yet I couldn’t

Help myself

Falling for

You.

I knew

I didn’t have

A heart

Yet I still

Tried to

Fall in love

With you.

I knew

I could never win your trust

I couldn’t even win mine

Yet I tried along with hope

that someday

the dying star

will shine.

I knew

I could never color your world

I couldn’t even color mine

Yet I struggled with crayons

In a hope to bring some color

To your life.

I knew

I could never heal your cuts

I still scar my hands when I cry at nights

Yet I believe that you and me

We could build

again the broken walls

I knew

I could never break through the walls

That the world had put up around you

Yet I tried to perhaps

Weaken the structure

To let the light shine.

I knew

I could never deserve your smiles

the ones you give even though

you are bleeding

Yet I feel that I can

soak the tears you well up

in your heart

I knew

I could never be the one

Bearing the key

To the locks of your heart

Yet I believe

I can conjure up a spell

To unlock all the doors

Leading to your heart.

I knew

we could never be together

my hopeless hopes

and my hopeful dreams

waiting to be crushed

my heartless chest

rapidly pumps

Yet doesn’t stop thinking

about you and us

I knew

We were miles apart with no means

Of ever coming close

But the hopes never diminished

Perhaps in another lifetime

We are meant

To be together.

- Eva & DG

I take the matter to poetry

there’s no better way to cover up

I can wrap up my desperation nicely

like a white ribbon on top of the gift box

maybe write my disappointments like a greeting card

I can wear my fear like my favorite shirt

maybe drink my bitterness like one hot coffee in my favorite cup

there are so many ways to picture this out

but poetry is unique

my forever love

I’ll die writing about it

even in the afterlife

words has so much value

magical, intense, noble

yet, no matter how they’re beautifully written

truth shall prevail

that I am both strong nor weak

the ocean or the boat

holding on or letting go

back and forth

I am in between

I couldn’t escape you

like my love for poetry

I’m forever imprisoned

//Me To You//