The Art of Not Settling

bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.

hey can you come over and surgically remove this heavy, aching rot from my heart? we can watch a movie afterwards

not now honey, mommy’s yearning for something that once was and will never be again

things will work out + it’s still early + not everything is lost + trees

I’m so hungry I could eat the gap between what I said and what I meant

when u look at 2017 and think “oh that’s only like 3 years ago” and it’s actually 12,000 years ago and everything is gone and everyone you know has been reduced to ash and the world is completely different

I want to be cool and mysterious so bad but unfortunately I have many thoughts about things

good evening. are u avoiding pain or seeking joy

Normalize saying “just as the oracle foretold” when things go your way

Normalize saying "just like the mysterious crone warned me about" when things don't go your way

becoming an adult is essentially having all your friends in different cities and permanently missing someone

We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"