"People aren't born broken, somebody breaks us."
-Malcolm Bright, Prodigal Son
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you think about killing yourself. you think about going to bed at a reasonable time. you do neither of these things.
instead, you resign yourself to staring at the cracks in the ceiling—tell yourself that tomorrow will fix it. that a mouth to the underside of your jaw will fix it. that ginger shots or yoga or taking three deep breaths or patching the goddamned cracks in the ceiling will fix it. you've been trying to fix it—this gasping, hollowing sensation in the gore of your chest—since you were fifteen and bitter and lurching into traffic / into lovers you couldn't love back / into any scrap of warmth that would have you.
you take three deep breaths. you watch the ceiling. you let time pass through you like a knife.
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Please continue to make your art, despite whatever is making you want to quit. It is worth it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen poems or paintings or heard music when I was at my lowest and it stirred the courage and hope I had in me, I am who I am today because of that, thank you. 🤍
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Anyone else
would collapse
under the burden
you are bearing
~ love letters to my best friend
wordsbyalaska
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I’ve turned some of my personal mantras into something wearable :)
I try to stay positive of my personal mental health progress even when it’s really hard
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i can’t find the art piece/title. help.
here’s a fb post i made earlier :
“yeah there might be a lot of problems in my life sometimes. but there comes a time where i realize everything i need is right here in front of me. it sounds so stupid but idc it’s the fact i’m still here and i’m breathing and feeling as a person. it’s hard sometimes to remind myself of that and be grateful but once i do, the negativity fades away. i’m truthfully content.”
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