#riles

- @666mimikeyw

girt art I did for a friend of her streaming character

"Hissedilen her şeye cümle kurulamıyor"

-Paulo Coelho

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The infamous claim

that our past does not define us

is a lot like religion,

in that it was curated

under weighted

concerns inflated

of what was awaited

and destined and faited.

That our mistakes

are merely accidents

so that we may forgive ourselves

of the many shelves

on which our stories dwell;

never to delve.

Too often do we rely on our past

to speak for us

when the distance between families grows shorter,

when the next opportunities

band communities

to demand words

to construct our eulogies.

Now that is quite the paradox.

To suggest our past

only defines us

when its polished

parts yet to be demolished

serve us among others

to be relished.

To suggest it doesn't define us

when our mistakes swallow us whole

turning us into trolls

grinding our souls

into coal.

Why, then, are they mistakes?

No longer accidents

cushioned by flatulence

never deemed passionless

and only mentioned to emphasize

extravagance.

Our past mistakes do define us.

They are the excuse to

experience humanity,

to fall victim to insanity,

to vanity,

and most fervently, candidly,

...shake it off.

Stand again.

And again, and again, and again.

Again because the world cannot end.

Because our human mistakes transcend

to make us godsend.

Who are you,

and your mistakes,

if they are not what define you?

What lessons did you learn?

What punishments

made your heart burst,

made you reap a curse,

made you die of thirst

to feel, to know, to be

who you are, now?

Who are you,

if not proud?

- j.p.

When Bozer is stabbed and Mac is dressing his wound, Bozer mentions Riley holding his hand, and how he didn’t want to die before kissing her

What’s funny is I just peeped that right after he says that Mac tightens his wound a little painfully lol