leaflorentine

[leaflorentine]

Last year, I started posting my poetry here on Tumblr – back then under the name multasuntcausaebibendi.

A lot has changed since then (including my username), but one thing stayed the same: I love writing poetry.

That’s why I’m so happy to tell you:

my poetry book all shades of blue will be out next Friday – July 18 🩵🥹

I’ll be sharing more insights and pages from the book soon –

and if you want to follow this journey, you can also find me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@leaflorentine.poetry?_t=ZN-8xqjX3ss4KU&_r=1

thank you for reading my words,

even before they were printed🩵🩵🩵

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no contact day seventy-eight i'm buried underneath this heavy weight you moved on i'm missing you still wondering if your love has ever been true

-leaflorentine (poem: "day seventy-eight")

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now that i've decided to cut the last string what do i write about? who do i ring? in nights i feel bored or in the mood for a fling first year without you and it's only spring

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Idk who needs to hear this but your tummy isn’t ruining your outfits, you look hot

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Why regret something you wanted in the moment. No point in overthinking it. It happened and you don’t want it to happen again. That’s it.

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Anyone can become a poem,

the poet is the beautifully creative one.

I need someone who will not only be my inspiration, my muse,

But my critic, my poetic appreciator, my artistic accomplice full of colors and emotions.

I am too full of color, I cannot be with someone monochrome who will pass by my work with less than a curious mind.

I need a person who appreciates the poetry I write for them with tears in their eyes and beauty in their soul.

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There's is no better love than Jesus. He who's God is love 🤍

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The first time they kiss you without love on their lips, just run. // Page 88 of ‘From Sugar & Strawberries To Salt & Lime’

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MAY GOD CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN MY HEART PROTECT MY SPIRIT AND WATCH OVER MY LOVED ONES.

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when i was starving myself to death when everyone else called me fat when i cried in front of the mirror everday when my acne never seemed to go away you kissed me when i had pimples all over my face everytime you loved me you held my sanity in place you desired me when i was skinny to the bone you were by my side each time i felt left alone when i was unlovable you loved me the most at the after party of our breakup you were the host i told you i'm sorry at least a hundred times but i know this can't make up all the crossed borders and lines

-leaflorentine (poem: "when did you stop loving me?")

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no contact day seventy-seven our last night made me feel like i was in heaven i'm glad i have this memory locked inside my treasury and hopefully one day i'll throw the key away

-leaflorentine (poem: "day seventy-seven")

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a shattered version of myself you loved me the most then put me up on the shelf our past - some kind of artefact and i'm still haunted by the fact that you vanished like a ghost when i needed you the most

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air adorned with springy smell leaves nothing to complain all i think about is you my smell of summer has been you you're the reason i made it through you know those sunny autumnal days trees in shades of rusty red and the sky shines in the brightest blue? and that's exactly how i feel about you every day you're the reason i still fight want you to look at me again with so much delight like you used to when giving up was the path that i chose now i love you in secret while nobody knows

-leaflorentine (poem: "secret")