The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd; the longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are.
but i am what i
am. woman. alone
amid all this noise.
am. woman. alone
amid all this noise.
patiently waiting for a kind soul to come along and make everything a little softer, brighter
@totally-not-evil <3 <3shout out to mentally ill black boys.
black boys who have depression.
black boys who have anxiety.
black boys who have dysphoria, or struggle with their gender.
black boys who exhibit qualities that are deemed feminine, or don’t conform to toxic hyper-masculine standards
black boys who are told real men don’t cry
black boys who feel pressured to want sex 24/7— it’s ok to say no. you have feelings, too.
black boys who get told you’re sensitive, or “it’s not that deep” for basking in emotional depth, this is for you
you’re important
