#oldflame

[theoia]

"The flames of love for you have been rekindled within my soul

Overflowing and unending, they now take their hold

Scattered by your touch, and engulfed within your embrace

You have taken it all, my heart and every trace."

— maia (theoia)

[her-love-language]

Jeremy’s Best Friend

Jeremy, a 22-year-old software engineer, was driving a rusty, red Toyota Corolla with Michelle, a 29-year-old graphic designer, sitting in his passenger seat. He held her hand, out of habit, and she held his, out of politeness from the path of least resistance. He was thinking how pretty she looked, and how she has not aged a day, but he did not say it out loud. Instead, he said,

“I’m getting a new car, a better one, in a month or two. Do you like BMWs?”

“I used to,” she said.

He couldn’t help but wonder whether she was still attracted to him after 3 years; perhaps she’s moved on, but she hasn’t told him to stop holding her hand or kissing her. He decided not to ask these questions.

Jeremy parked the car two blocks from the Dragon’s Cavern in Chinatown.

“Does your friend know I’ll be joining?” Michelle asked.

He nodded. “Tommy is a really nice, laid-back guy. I have to warn you though, he’s really tall, over 6 feet, and a little clumsy.”

Michelle smiled and suddenly forgot what her next question was going to be.

As they approached Dragon’s Cavern, there was a large plastic sign on the floor that read,

“Mai Tais $8”

As they walked through the bar and the flood of drunken tourists, Michelle removed her coat and applied her rosy cherry lip gloss.

They reached the back of the bar, where, on a black love seat, sat a gentleman of 24, dark wavy hair, cocoa eyes and feathery lashes, wearing black cargo pants and a white t-shirt that hugged his chest like it wanted to marry him. When he stood up to greet his visitors, a group of three little women in matching shorts looked at him and giggled. Michelle thanked the Lord that she had already fixed her hair and makeup in the car. She was too alarmed to look Tommy in the eyes.

“My guy! What took you so long?” shouted this shockingly handsome Chinatown bar hopper.

“Hey, I want you to meet my favorite person, Michelle. Michelle, this is my best friend, Tommy.”

Tommy scanned Michelle’s face. “Oh my God…it’s nice to meet you.”

She reciprocated his greeting and tried to look away as much as possible.

“Come sit!”

She looked at the two-person couch already occupied by the two men.

“Where am I supposed to sit?”

“On my lap,” they both said.

Tommy looked at Jeremy and laughed. “I’m just kidding, man!”

Michelle sat down gently on Jeremy’s lap, but she was careful to never give him any sign of being in love. She ignored Tommy as well, most of the time, or at least she tried.

After 30 minutes of chatter with his best guy, Tommy seemed to have slowly lost his balance and had suddenly placed the back of his hand on Michelle’s thigh. She noticed right away but pretended not to notice. What if he removes his hand?

Ten minutes later, Jeremy shouted, “Hey bro, bottoms up!”

To Michelle’s surprise, Tommy used his other hand to raise his glass and chug the rest of his Mai Tai.

“What are you drinking?” Tommy asked her.

“Oh, I’m not drinking right now. Already had a beer at dinner.”

“Well, how about another one? What’s your favorite?”

“Corona.”

“May I get you a Corona?”

She smiled. “Sure, why not.”

As Tommy walked to the door, the three little women looked at him again with sparkling eyeballs and wet lips while whispering to each other.

He handed Michelle the bottle of Corona but wouldn’t let go of it.

“Stop it,” she said.

“You stop it. Trying to hold my hand?”

The scrunch of his eyebrows was startling perfect.

Jeremy and Tommy dived into a 20-minute discussion about Adam Sandler and his choice of clothes while Michelle zoned out, slowly sipping on her beer.

“Hey! Where’s my Corona?” Tommy said to Michelle.

“You can have mine, I’m done with it,” she said.

“Wait, you’re leaving?!”

“No, I’m just done drinking.” She handed him the beer. “Take it, you can have the rest.”

He grabbed it from her and took a long swig. After another few minutes of roasting Adam Sandler, he handed the bottle back to Michelle, half-full.

“I don’t want it anymore,” she said.

He leaned in close to her ear.

“But you must put your lips back on it. That way, it’s like we just kissed.”

[the-ink-that-writes]

The Myth

I think of you every time it snows When once in every seven years a winter storm comes And takes me back to that moonlight road. I think of your footprints leading like bread crumbs

And remember my youth as a flurry of words Caught in my chest and lodged in my throat. How my emotions are like cattle I can’t quiet herd And my face is a motley of thoughts on a viking funeral boat.

Burning me up from the inside out I lamented that I never could tell you just what it is That reeled me in and ripped me down Only that I felt that way with every single kiss. 

A shredding of my pride, a drug come alive I thought love to be this force I could not reckon with An entity that lived as I died The kind of being that ages into myth. 

But the stories are wrong Nothing magical exists. But, sure it’s better to live on in a stupid indie song Then be forgotten as easily as this. 

-The Writer

[riahreah]

ᴵ'ᵐ ˢᵒ ˢᵗʳᵘⁿᵍ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ᴵ ᵐⁱᵍʰᵗ ʳᵉˡᵃᵖˢᵉ ᴵ'ᵐ ᵈʸⁱⁿᵍ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃ ᵗᵃˢᵗᵉ, ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ, ᴳᵒᵈ, ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ˡᵉᵗ ᵗʰⁱˢ ˡᵃˢᵗ ᴬⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘ'ᵛᵉ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ᵇᵘʳⁿⁱⁿᵍ ᵃˡˡ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵉᵃᵛᵉˢ ᵒⁿ ᵖᵃˡᵐ ᵗʳᵉᵉˢ ᴵ'ᵐ ˡᵉᶠᵗ ʷⁱᵗʰ ⁿᵒᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵗʰᵃⁿ ᵃˢʰᵉˢ ᶠᵃˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵍʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ˢⁿᵒʷᶠˡᵃᵏᵉˢ ᴵ ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ʷⁱˢʰ ʷᵉ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ʰᵃᵖᵖᵉⁿᵉᵈ ᴵ ˢᵗⁱˡˡ ᵇᵘʳⁿ ᶠᵒʳ ʸᵒᵘ ₗᵢₖₑ ₜₕₑ ₛᵤₙ bᵤᵣₙₛ ᵢₙ ₜₕₑ ₛₖy #avrillavigne #modsun #iloveyou #grateful #istillburnforyou #oldflame https://www.instagram.com/p/CLTjmPZH6pV/?igshid=1blnrqpg1fj8r

[nurhanarman]

It's time to fall in love again with this #oldflame. #Tchaikovsky's own favourite this beautiful #serenade is always a #labouroflove. I am #lookingforward to conduct it on @sinfoniatoronto's #chinatour soon and also at the Mozart & Tchaikovsky concert on November 8 in #toronto #ontario #classicalconcert #classicalmusic #muzyka #klasikmüzik #klassichemusik #musicaclasica #musicaclassica #concerttour #orchestra #orchestrasinfonica #orkester #orchestradacamera #sinfoniatoronto #nurhanarman #mozart #peterilyichtchaikovsky #torontoevents #torontoartscene #torontomusicscene #torontoclassicalmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B2H3IsLgaS-/?igshid=1hd5bvy9cw7z4

[msterrybrown]

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(Sorry, I know I’m late posting this 😳. Working 3 14h shifts in a roll does that to me, but here we go...) ✨ Sneak Peek - “Facing Demons - SVU ep 450 🎉🎊🎈 , SVU season 20, ep 16 - Airs on NBC, 2/21/19 at 10 pm EST ✨ #OliviaBenson #BrianCassidy #Bensidy #MariskaHargitay #DeanWinters #MariskaTheRealSVUOG #BadassBenson #OldFlame #BelieveSurvivors (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKWNN1HUWk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hrfnwdo1nu8f

[an-attempt-at-daily-poetry-blog]

Day 59. I miss the feelings but have no memories to attach them to. #anattemptatdailypoetry #poem #poems #poemsofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poetry #igpoem #poetrycommunity #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #poetsandwriters #bymepoetry #originalpoetry #spilledink #love #lovepoems #lovepoem #lovepoetry #lovelost #oldflame https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2oAX0A_RV/?igshid=7vt8bjkvvjyb

[f-ckmodernsociety]

it’s strange throughout our lives we meet so many people we think they will always be by our side or that we can’t possibly forget them but eventually they become completely unimportant maybe it’s someone you once loved your best friend in elementary school or that bully from high school who always had something to say about your hair and clothes when we think of them, we remember how they made us feel and the memories we have of them might bring a smile or make us shed a couple of tears but a few minutes later maybe even seconds we already forgot about them, again it’s kind of sad how fast we consider people as unimportant we write them off so easily and I’m really sorry for that

V.F. 

[jesseaxe]

A lil sumpin from my childhood records. Mom & Dad always had plenty of old country in the collection. I heard a @jasonisbell cover of this song & the memories lit up. Think I’ll pull a song from the vault every week this year. Ya? #oldflame #cover #guitarist #singersongwriter #guitarplayer #alabama #jasonisbell #voicebreaks #tacomaguitars #southerngothic #americana #oldcountrysongs #iknowitsnotthatold #fromthevault (at Death's Door) https://www.instagram.com/p/BswjmH6FmY8CB6w9kEeDZWQe3rWFLgcfexbzOY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=txcwy1yv4nu7

[scanman73]

Nice truck #truck #trucks #pickup #pickuptruck #gmc #gmctrucks #gmctruck #gmctrucklife #oldflame #oldflamebrewery #brewery #oldschool #antique #antiques (at Old Flame Brewing Co.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBHPe6J2EH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kaiteepage]

Old Flame, 2018 18x24” acrylic on paper #KaiteePageArt #MusiciansWhoPaint #OldFlame (at Memory Lane) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca47OHpOd7q/?utm_medium=tumblr

[blondnblue-22]

❤️My beautiful, brilliant high school sweetheart. Reunited after years apart. ❤️#sushi #sushidate #sushidates #sushidate🍣 #redwine #highschoolsweathearts #myex #myexgirlfriend #lovers #reuinted #childhoodfriend #childhoodfriends❤️ #oldflame #oldflames #beautifulgirl #happy #younglove❤️ #younglove #younglovers #romeoandjuliet #puppylove #sake #meetup #cutie #cutiechaser (at Chapel Hill, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUItzxIttxm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[speranzanews]

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【インディーズバンドニュース】 oldflame・7月1日にNew Single『ヒーロー』をリリース&全国ツアーの開催を決定！！ https://speranza.news/2021/06/27/oldflame-2/ @oldflame_3 oldflame「ヒーロー」 https://youtube.com/channel/UCLnKnfgUf21wTOHf1tmyUbQ?feature=emb_ch_name_ex ライブハウス・インディーズ界隈でめきめきと頭角を現している群馬県発のロックバンド「oldflame（オールドフレイム）」が、7月1日（木）にnew single『ヒーロー』を発売する。 彼らの持ち味となっている疾走感あふれるサウンドとどこか優しく包み込むようなボーカルが乗った応援ソングは今作でも健在。 表題曲「ヒーロー」は、コロナ禍で生まれた楽曲。 四苦八苦しながらも様々な苦難に立ち向かう、前を向き進み続ける人々へ向けた珠玉の応援ソングとなっている。 また、音楽シーン全体がこれまで通りにいかない状況が続く中、彼ら自身自らを鼓舞する意味でも重要な位置付けになるだろう。 レコ発となる7月1日（木）の前橋DYVER公演から会場限定シングルの販売を開始し、8月4日（水）からはTOWER RECORDSの限定5店舗（渋谷店・新宿店・高崎OPA店・新潟店・梅田大阪マルビル店）でのリリースが始まる。 なお、バンドは7月1日（木）のレコ発を皮切りに、10月1日（金）のファイナル公演まで全国18公演のツアーを回ることが決定している。 各公演の詳細はバンドのオフィシャルサイトから。 発売に先立って公開されたMusic Videoは、『LACCO TOWER』『ザスパクサツ群馬』『太田市PR動画』など数多くの映像作品を手がける『troisdesign（トロワデザイン）』が担当。 高校生にとって青春の一部である部活動の発表の場がコロナ禍で白紙になり、どこにもぶつけようがない葛藤を抱いたという学生の実体験がストーリーの元になっている。 キャストはコロナ禍での高校生活を経験した18～19歳の県内女性が選ばれ、旧安中高校（群馬県安中市）で撮影が行われた。 オールグンマで手掛けたミュージックビデオも併せてチェックしてほしい。 #oldflame　#バンド #rock #rockmusic #band #インディーズ #インディーズバンド #indies #indiesband #speranza! #pv #mv #邦ロック #邦ロックバンド #邦ロック好きと繋がりたい #邦楽好きな人と繋がりたい #邦ロック好き #邦ロック垢 #邦ロック勢 #邦rock #邦rock好きな人と繋がりたい #邦rock好きと繋がりたい #邦rock最高 #邦rock大好き #邦楽 #邦楽ロック #邦楽ロック好きな人と繋がりたい #japaneseband #japanesemusic #japaneserock https://www.instagram.com/p/CQmsXyDjOKh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[poeticbarbie01-blog]

Just for the collection ❄️🤧💜 #poem #poems #relationships #love #movingon #nothinglastsforever #relationshippoetry #findingyourself #fadingawayslowly #oldflame #relationshipsmatter #relationshippoetry #lovequotes #lovehim (at Ebenezer, Mississippi)