quotes

question:
how do you make a monster stop feeling so monstrous?
you give her something she can
hold
in her palms
without crushing.

you give her something sweet
and tell her to keep it.

you wipe the blood from her hands.
you say her name,
over and over,
like an absolution.

you forgive her
you forgive her
you forgive.

- every day, for as long as she needs to hear it, @wearealsoboats

"Let him go," Orochimaru had hissed. Isamu had never taken the time to imagine what the god of death might look like, but he'd still gotten an answer that day. Pale skin drenched in blood, hair a river as dark as the night sky, eyes that shone like the last sun one would ever see.

The waterbug and the ladybug
Fell in love with each other
But they couldn't work it out
They couldn't get it together
Ladybug said "I can't swim"
And water bugs can't fly

Ladybug swung down like a swing
Kissed him with her wing
One touch and the connection was made
Ladybugs love was real
Waterbug cried tears of sadness
For the first time he could feel

The day's turned into years
Ladybugs memories grew
She took her love to the waters edge
She didn't know what else to do
Waterbug was there in his lillypad home
So much his
But still he lived his life alone
Ladybug lived in his mind
There's nobody like her in the water to find

"Ladybug, I'll always love you"
He said very sincere
Waterbug then whispered in her ear
"If you ever need me, I'm always here"

A Waterbug and a Ladybug by Jamie Jarrett