The thin line between 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 and 𝓳𝓸𝔂 is thicker than you may know.

𝓙𝓸𝔂 is so abrupt, so fleeting, so trivial.

𝓙𝓸𝔂 is a marvelous one-night stand with a gorgeous man hand in hand.

𝓙𝓸𝔂 makes time pass by quicker and small memories feel bigger.

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 is transcendent, euphoric and elusive.

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 is the gleam of wonder in a child’s eyes.

𝓗𝓪𝓹�...

“The birds crow a weeping melody, trees clean of leaves…”

crossroads and thieves share a burning resemblance,

remembrance of all that have been subjected to part from the unprotected confinements of solitude,

alone in thought, mind, and spirit all i can do is call to you.

if trees can clean their branches of leaves,

and if birds can crow melody’s that vulnerably weep,

why do i constantly su...

i know who i am, im stuck in my ways, although i’ll expand upon occasion,

im stuck with how i do things,

at some point i forgot who i was,

and during that time being all these other things,

all i so desperately wanted,

was to be who i 𝔀𝓪𝓼....

I still remember the first night I cried to her about a boy. It was the 5th grade, and Zach, with the silkiest looking hair I still to this day have ever seen, broke my itty-bitty little heart. And no amount of Beyoncé, Rihanna, or Nicki Minaj female empowerment was gonna lift me out of it.

My best friend of thirteen years, she held me, she held me and said “pretty girls don’t cry over stupid bo...

(c) copyright 2023 Anastasia Raymond

𝙴𝚇𝚃. - 𝙻𝙾𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚂, 𝙲𝙰 - 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃

𝙴𝚇𝚃. - 𝙱𝙰𝙻𝙳𝚆𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙸𝙻𝙻𝚂 𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙸𝙲 𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙺 𝙼𝙾𝚄𝙽𝚃𝙰𝙸𝙽 - 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃

𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎, 𝟸𝟸 𝚜𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗, 𝟸𝟺 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚝𝚘𝚙. �...

“I don’t know, okay?

I. - DON’T. - KNOW.

I don’t know, I swear on everything I love! How else do you want me to say it!? Fuck! Okay, okay look sh- she… she was just here a second ago, she must’ve just ran out to get something. She’ll be back!”

*She’s not coming back*.

And now I have to get myself out of this mess. God, I told myself this was a new year, a new me! And here I am in this forsa...

One mind, just one.

Housed a multitude of thoughts, and a wave of emotions that accompanied them.

One mind, just one.

Lured further and further away into a hole, an oblivious venture.

One mind, just one

Woefully functioned against the agony of another.

Responsible for more than we may ever know about ourselves.

One mind, just one.

Reborn anew, the final whispers wandered away without care....