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Crescent Neptune and Triton

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Sh2-27, Dark Veil

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“She is so stubborn, her heart has an argument with her head every time it wants to beat.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

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“For as long as I could remember, I had been apologizing for existing, for trying to be who I was, to live the life I was meant to lead.”

— Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl

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Growing Pains

And suddenly I’m not fifteen anymore, but my growing pains remain, and I’m not sure if they’ll ever go away. Same letters different font; the inherent truth remains, as much as I try to rip it out, my heart will always remain in place.

- A. I. S. R.

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Because of a Cat

I’d been imprisoned for so long

Even I forgot the reason why.

I stopped counting the days when they started merging with the nights.

The room was cold and empty,

The window was facing a wall,

I had total estrangement from what was happening outside.

I memorized the corners of the cell I was in,

I even pretended the walls were hugging me when they started to close in.

The cracks along the ceiling were now etched into my mind.

And that unshakeable lonesome feeling

That would always haunt me after dark.

My days were gray and muted

Like the colors all around,

Until one day unexpectedly a guest came about.

He jumped up on my window,

I could see him through the bars,

His eyes were laced with wildness,

His demeanor warm and kind.

There he stood up on my window,

He was the color of the sun,

Fur as bright as a day in an autumn clearing,

Eyes the color of aged rum.

He stared at me with confusion,

He didn’t know why I was there,

Well now that made two of us,

So he just sat and stared.

For hours we sat in silence,

His presence was enough.

I hadn’t seen another breathing being in all the time I’d been locked up.

When he left I wondered where he’d been all along,

Eventually he became a regular

Then I waited for his visits as I watched the days unfold.

He would sometimes stay a while,

Other times he’d just come and go,

But I got so used to his presence that I panicked the day he didn’t come.

Hysterically I paced the room,

And eventually leaned through the bars,

Just to realize the window had always been open;

That I had been the one who had picked her own demise.

Who can say that they’ve escaped jail,

Especially because of a damn cat.

- A. I. S. R

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𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟼 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚃𝚜𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚎𝚟𝚊, 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 (𝟷𝟾𝟿𝟸-𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟷)

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“Stop asking me to trust you while I’m still coughing water up from the last time you let me drown.”

— Unknown

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I hope everyone grows tired of being cruel to each other soon

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“I’ve found that growing up means being honest. About what I want. What I need. What I feel. Who I am.”

— Epiphany

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“When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort not an excuse.”

— Unknown

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Lili Marberg as Salome by Leopold Schmutzler(details)

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Fornalutx. Mallorca. Spain (by Gary)

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