To some people, it’s called breathing.
To me, it’s called inhaling poison,
Which drenches my lungs and sinks into my bones
And melts into my mind.
To some people, it’s called anxiety.
To me, it’s called an unbearable shakiness in my soul
The nervousness preventing my from ever escaping
This disease in my heart.
To some people, it’s called living.
To me, it’s called never being able to run away.
Never being able to truly go, truly leave.
To me, it’s called being caught in a nightmare,
While struggling to dream.
Chasing a mystery with no solution.
Escaping your own sanity to reach more sanity,
Freei
Today, you are beautiful.
Your parents tell you that you’re beautiful on every other day, too, but no one else ever does. The only time you matter to the world is at your shows. When you’re not beautiful, you’re nothing.
Today, though, you are shining. At least, you think you are, but you’re not feeling great. Your stomach hurts, just like it does before every pageant. Your dress is brand new, and you haven’t gotten used to the way it itches yet. You’re sure your wig is gorgeous, even though the hairspray smells bad.
Your teeth, though, are hurting the most. You know you
The Man with the Dark Hair by PianoIsLove, literature
Literature
The Man with the Dark Hair
A/N: Just a quick note- the language in this story will be simplistic and sometimes repetitive due to Tino's mental condition. Also, it might be good to imagine him speaking with pauses between phrases. It'll make for a better image. :) Please enjoy!
"Tino," the dark-haired man directed my attention back to the language cards in front of us- cards I could read if only my mind worked properly. Nothing worked properly- not after the explosion.
I smiled to myself. I liked the dark-haired man. I'd always liked physics. And I liked explosions. If a railroad track ran from Helsinki to the Soviet Union, I had no trouble with blowing it up when
Strange sounds on sleepless nights
Silver bells, tolling bright
Sing me something sad and slow
Slip into the undertow
Seeing sights that are not there
Seeing sunlight everywhere
Silent sleeper, not a peep
Surely, I just need some sleep
we inhale the romanticism
of hooded cemetery kids
smoking cigarettes pretending
they are not dead.
you were always so sure
about my uncertainty,
you watched
all my pick up lines
drop things
into open graves
meant for us.
your eyes always wandered
down thoughtful
leaf-strewn paths.
i wanted to ask you
if i could follow
but i came alone this time
i remember our innocence
in the static b e t w e e n
stars, think
about how youth without you is th-
awing out the lines in my whittled-out eyes
i look to the hooded
cemetery kids,
wonder what we'd have been like
if we grew up as nothings,
like them. teenage
nothings with chiseled
marble in our
vo
Wishing to disappear
never to existed in their mind
no reason to cheer
this is why I was designed
there's a cloud over me and its raining knives
all smiles are faked
no one hears his cry's
as he sits there shivers and shakes
doesn't even try to reach out because there's nothing there
only my own numb stare
no desire to fight the devils wrenches
would anyone notice if I could disappear
because Im starting to feel warm in these trenches
would they even shed a tear?
Sick of the acting
let me compost with the dirt
live????..... ill think Ill be passing
lets make sure this hurts
still wishing to disappear
lets seal this coffin with a drop of b
Have you ever seen stars?
No, literally, have you ever hit your head so hard
that for just a moment
flashes of bright white light would dance behind your eyelids?
Little sparks that don't burn your eyes,
despite looking like they might
It's actually a pretty intense moment
In a single split second that feels like an eternity,
your brain conjures up these magical little lights
Your head might hurt
But the image is rather beautiful <3