#savedinmydrafts

how the light betrays

me

my mind

and so do you

AS HARSH AS A LOADED GUN

I EVEN BEG

BUT IT NEVER COMES

):

i hope it haunts you and echos in a way that isn’t kind

~The Cycles of Life and Death~

[August 1st - August 7th]

Hello lovelies🤍 I’m a little late in the day posting this, but today is the beginning of week one for #MindlessVices, the writing collaboration/ challenge hosted by me and my clone @disruptivebychoice and for those of you who don’t know, my name is Ophydia:) The theme this week is ~The Cycles of Life and Death~ with the spotlight on addiction. Addiction has strongly impacted both mine and Kae’s lives in so many different ways, and so many others as well. Me and Kae will be writing and sharing an addiction piece tying into ~The Cycles of Life and Death~

Any writer/ poet wanting to participate with us, please join on in! Tag your work with #MindlessVices to get a reblog from me and Kae on both of our personal poetry blogs🤍 Feel free to tag us as well, and we will do our best to read and share all of your work! If we happen to miss anyone’s piece by any chance, feel free to message either one of us! We are so excited to see what everyone creates, and expresses! ANYONE is welcome to join. I only ask for kindness towards others, and to please use a TW (trigger warning) for any potentially triggering or sensitive content. Thank you in advance <3

Kae’s blog: @disruptivebychoice

(My blog: @savedinmydrafts)

We wanted to create a special collab/ challenge that all of you other beautiful writers could join in as well. The theme for this month is: Mindless Vices. We have separated the challenge into 4 separate parts, and each week will have a sub-theme tying itself to the overall Mindless Vices. Me and Kae will be announcing the theme for week 1 tomorrow, as well as sharing a piece of our own!

Any of you lovely poets/ writers wanting to join in this challenge with us, is invited to do so! Anyone who uses the tag #MindlessVices in a piece relating to our theme, will be reblogged on both mine and Kae’s personal writing blog:)

If you have any questions, you’re more than welcome to direct message both, me, or Kae!

My blog: @savedinmydrafts

i opened the letter from you

for the very first time

ever since the day i died

and my throat restricted

more

with every single line

from the beauty

of every single lie

so thought out

and empty

i barely had to cry

“for better or worse”

you’d be here through it all

and you were here

waiting

until i’d trip and fall

so many promises

unnecessary

and bottomless

reading your words i wonder

if your heart was made of stone

when you sought me out for years

and could have just left me alone

each page

i felt

more

enraged

consuming me

in a fire full of hate

i should have used those flames

to burn that letter

and incinerate every page

watch the smoke

spell every word

that your promises would say

but all that i could do

was lock it up

and save it for a rainy day