Zu manchen Menschen
muss man nichts (mehr) sagen.
Die kann man einfach
so stehen lassen.

"please, let him be happy" by j.p.

Please, let him be soft.

I know you made him
     with gunmetal bones
     and wolf’s teeth.
I know you made him to be
     a warrior
     a soldier
     a hero.

But even gunmetal can warp
and even wolf’s teeth can dull
and I do not want to see him break
the way old and worn and overused things do.

I do not want to see him go up in flames
     the way all heroes end up martyrs.

I know that you will tell me
that the world needs him.
The world needs his heart
     and his faith
     and his courage
     and his strength
     and his bones and his teeth and his blood and his voice and his–
The world needs anything he will give them.

Damn the world,
     and damn you too.
Damn anyone that ever asked anything of him,
     damn anyone that ever took anything from him,
           damn anyone that ever prayed to his name.
You know that he will give them everything
     until there is nothing left of him
         but the imprint of dust
              where his feet once trod.
You know that he will bear the world like Atlas
    until his shoulders collapse
         and his knees buckle
              and he is crushed by all he used to carry.

Dear God,
you have already made an Atlas.
You have already made an Achilles and an Icarus and a Hercules.
You have already made a sacrificial lamb of your Son.
You have already made so many heroes,
and you can make another again.
You can have your pick of heroes.

So please, I beg you–
he is all that I have,
and you have so many heroes
and the world has so many more.
Let him be soft,
and let him be mine.


(found on tumblr)

John Mayer

If you're pretty, you're pretty; but
the only way to be beautiful is to
be loving. Otherwise, it's just
"congratulations about your face."

elle.poetry

Who I am
and who I'm not
is mine and mine alone.
Your breath
does not fill these lungs.
Your blood
does not swim in these veins.
So
your opinion
does not choose this path.

"Luftbahn" von Deichkind

"Dollar Bill" by Avery Wilson

I caught myself running away from who I really was
For you
[...]
'Cause the way things start ain't never how they end
But it’s too late for that 'cause I gave you all I had
One thing that I know
Is that love ain't for show
And you gotta make it work 'til it don't
But if you won't
Then I'd rather be single as a dollar bill, alone

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ABy3TfsTyg)

Pissnelken blühen ganzjährig.

Stephanie Bennett-Henry

I never wanted to look at the sky,
I wanted to pull the whole goddamn universe
down to its knees and make it
prove itself to me.

"Strange Stories Of The Afterlife" by Im Cheol Woo

My poor children. Sadness is your strength.
Suffering, resentment and regrets
are your strengths.
With those strengths, somehow survive
the ugly and scary life.

stacie.martin

The truth is
some days I sink,
more than I swim.

"You Dont Have To Be In A Relationship To Feel Whole Again" by Raquel Alderete

Can I tell you a secret?

You don't have to be in a relationship.

I mean it. I know they force it down your throat until you choke on it. Girls aren't pretty unless they're wanted. Boys aren't men unless they're having sex with someone. People aren't lovable until they're dating each other.

Can I tell you another secret?

A relationship won't always make you happy.

As wonderful as romance is — it isn't the only love that exists. It is not the answer to everything. I constantly hear the words “nobody loves me” escape from the mouths of people who are single. It always hurts me because if you ask them: “Where are your parents, your teachers, your classmates, your pets; they love you, do they not?”— they say, yes, okay, but it doesn't count. Why doesn't it count? Of course it counts. Love doesn't diminish just because someone doesn't want to have sex with you. In fact, it makes that love more real. It makes it into something that surges beyond physical attraction and surface level companionship. It makes it unique.

Listen, I get it. It is pretty to be in love. It's magical, I'm sure. However, it's also wonderful to stop for ice cream in your prom dress with six other girls. It's also wonderful to go visit the world with nothing but a bunch of buddies who are really excited about learning.

Stop trying to find “the one” as a means of filling the gaps within your heart. Have you ever stopped to think that maybe “the one” is just you — loving yourself, having fun, and being happy beyond measure? Maybe instead of looking for our other halves, we should be piecing ourselves together.

Maybe I wasn't born unfinished. Maybe I am the one who makes myself better.

"Neatly As Novels" by Beau Taplin

We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they're not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence.

The Shawshank Redemption, 1994

Truth is, I don't want to know.
Some things are best left unsaid.

"F***T-EUCH-ALLEE" von GROSSSTADTGEFLÜSTER

 

 

"By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept " by Paulo Coelho

I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first, it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things. You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love.

"On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense" by Friedrich Nietzsche

We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but metaphors for things — metaphors which correspond in no way to the original entities.

Some days, I feel everything at once.
Other days, I feel nothing at all.
I don't know what's worse―drowning
beneath the waves, or dying from the thirst.

John Green

Some people have lives;
some people have music.

"The Lies About Truth" by Courtney C. Stevens

I feel myself shutting down, closing off,
like I should tell people,
‘No, we don’t use this heart anymore. It’s too fragile.'

Rudy Francisco

I write best
when I am either,
falling in love,
or falling apart.

Try not to feel jealous about things,
or people or places.
It’s toxic. Just keep living.
You will find your happiness

"Verschwende mich" von OK KID

Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht, 2016

Conor: Geschichten sind nicht die Wirklichkeit. Die bringen überhaupt nichts.
Monster: Geschichten sind wilde Geschöpfe, Conor O'Malley. Und einmal los gelassen,
          weiß keiner welche Verwüstung sie mit sich bringen.

"Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing" by Margaret Atwood

You think I'm not a goddess?
Try me.
This is a torch song.
Touch me and you'll burn.

(full poem here: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/helen-troy-does-countertop-dancing)

"Breathe" by Taylor Swift

People are people
and sometimes we change our minds.

Weltfriedenstag 2018

"Kind dieser Erde" von Volkan

Rafelina Michelle

The thing about me is you have to catch me while I care. Take 100% advantage of the time where I’m fully committed. I don’t know how to be someone that stays involved if it’s not reciprocated at the same time. My mind wanders, my heart loses interest … And by the time you realize, it's already too late. So the choice is yours but there’s not much time to spare, You can either miss me when I’m gone. Or make sure to catch me when I’m there.

Just Between Lovers, 2017

Even hearing your name
makes me tear up
from missing you.

Akif Kichloo

Some days are for falling in love with people,
some days for cities,
and some for your time in solitude.

Howard Thurman

Don't ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive,
and go do it.
Because what the world needs
is people
who have come alive.

Atticus

The bravest thing she ever did was stay alive each day.

Here is what they don't tell you:

Icarus laughed as he fell.
Threw his head back and
yelled into the winds,
arms spread wide,
teeth bared to the world.

(There is a bitter triumph
in crashing when you should be
soaring.)

The wax scorched his skin,
ran blazing trails down his back,
his thighs, his ankles, his feet.
Feathers floated like prayers
past his fingers,
close enough to snatch back.
Death breathed burning kisses
against his shoulders,
where the wings joined the harness.
The sun painted everything
in shades of gold.

(There is a certain beauty
in setting the world on fire
and watching from the centre
of the flames.)


(found on: tumblr)

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, 2017

You know I hate being uniform
like everyone else.

(An Min-Hyuk)

It's not about succeeding through other people's perspective
but through your own.

I'm Not a Robot, 2017

They say that originally the dust of stars
that gather together become people.
The star is inside you,
so why would you want to go look for it
externally?

(Hoktal)