Tear stains on the pillow

lifeinpoetry:

“you have a panic attack because an abusive ex roommate master tenant landlord keeps showing up places I have a panic attack because I’m afraid of the party I’m afraid of the future I literally cannot stop freaking out & anxiety writing feels alright & anxiety fucking feels even better”

— — Andrea Abi-Karam, from Villainy

lifeinpoetry:

“What does it mean to contain an identity/to contain an I in one body/I think of my multiple selves/fixed against the wall/hooks around their necks holding them in place”

— — Andrea Abi-Karam, from “WHAT IS / CLOSED/ / WHAT IS / CONTAINED,” Villainy

lifeinpoetry:

“i know we all want to believe that any of us / can survive alone”

— — Shayla Lawz, from “1967 from Earth,” speculation, n.

lifeinpoetry:

sometimes i want to ask the earth,
was it beautiful          here
without us

or maybe you were lonely too

— Shayla Lawz, from “flight training,” speculation, n.

st-a-y:

(via brokensoulwalking)

lifeinpoetry:

“Don’t talk to me of a god: / it’s not what saved me.”

— — Amanda Moore, from “Gratitude,” Requeening