#july 11th

Because today is July 11th also known as 7-11. Head over to your local 7-11 store rn! There is no need for an app this year to get one.

On this day in 2009:

Birthday Nocturne for Peter Murphy

Beneath the black cathedral moon, where ruined angels sleep, the velvet dark unfolds its wings above the dreaming deep.

Tonight the bells of shadow sound through corridors of flame, and every raven lifts its head to whisper forth your name.

O Dark Star crowned in winter smoke, O voice of tomb and thorn, another year has crossed the veil, another night is born.

May midnight place upon your brow its cold and silver crown; may ancient roses bloom for you where haunted walls fall down.

May every ghost that heard your song rise softly from the stone, remembering how your sorrow made the darkness feel like home.

May blackened candles guard your path, may moonlight fill your veins, and may your art forever haunt the blood of those who remain.

For beauty dwells in ruined things, in silence, ash, and rain— and from the crypt of every loss your voice returns again.