PAPERCUT.

• Why does it feel like night today?
• Why am I so uptight today?
• Paranoia is all I got left.
• I know what it feels like to have a voice in the back of my head.
• It’s like I’m paranoid lookin’ over my back.
• It’s like a whirlwind inside of my head.
• It’s like I can’t stop what I’m hearing within.
• Your paranoia’s probably worse.
• I don’t know what set me off first.

ONE STEP CLOSER.

• I cannot take this anymore.
• I find bliss in ignorance.
• I’m about to break.
• I need a little room to breathe.
• I’m one step closer to the edge.
• I wish I could find a way to disappear.
• Shut up when I’m talking to you.

POINTS OF AUTHORITY.

• Forfeit the game.
• You can’t run the race.
• You just won’t last.
• You love the way I look at you.
• My pride is broken.
• You like to think you’re never wrong.
• You live with what you’ve learned.
• You have to act like you’re someone.
• You want someone to hurt like you.

CRAWLING.

• These wounds they will not heal.
• There’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface.
• This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending.
• My walls are closing in.
• I’ve felt this way before.

IN THE END.

• It doesn’t even matter how hard you try.
• Time is a valuable thing.
• I wasted it all just to watch you go.
• I kept everything inside.
• Even though I tried, it all fell apart.
• I tried so hard and got so far.
• In the end? It doesn’t even matter.
• I had to fall to lose it all.
• You’re acting like I was part of your property.
• You fought with me.
• Things aren’t the way they were before.
• You wouldn’t even recognise me anymore.
• I’ve put my trust in you.

MY DECEMBER.

• I just wish I didn’t feel.
• I take back all the things I said.
• I’d give it all away just to have somewhere to go.
• I’d give it all away just to have someone to come home to.
• This is all I need.

BREAKING THE HABIT.

• Memories consume like an opening wound.
• You all assume I’m safe here.
• I don’t want to be the one.
• I’m the one confused.
• I don’t know what’s worth fighting for.
• I don’t know why I instigate and say what I don’t mean.
• I don’t know how I got this way.
• I know it’s not alright.
• I had no options left.
• I’m the one at fault.
• I’ll never fight again.
• This is how it ends.

NUMB.

• I’m tired of being what you want me to be.
• I don’t know what you’re expecting of me.
• I’m under the pressure of walking in your shoes.
• Every step that I take is another mistake to you.
• I’ve become so numb.
• I can’t feel you there.
• All I want is to be more like me and be less like you.
• Can’t you see that you’re smothering me?
• Everything that you thought I would be has fallen apart right in front of you.
• I may end up failing.
• You were just like me with someone disappointed in you.

LEAVE OUT ALL THE REST.

• I dreamed I was missing.
• You were so scared.
• No one would listen because no one else cared.
• What am I leaving when I’m done here?
• Forget the wrong that I’ve done.
• Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.
• Don’t resent me.
• Keep me in your memory.
• Don’t be afraid.
• I’ve taken my beating.
• I’m strong on the surface.
• I’ve never been perfect.
• I’ve never been perfect, but neither have you.
• Save me from myself.

SHADOW OF THE DAY.

• Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple.
• Sometimes goodbye’s the only way.
• The sun will set for you.
• Your friends all plead for you to stay.
• Sometimes beginnings aren’t so simple.

WHAT I’VE DONE.

• There’s no need.
• I’ve drawn regret from the truth.
• Let mercy come and wash away what I’ve done.
• Let go of what I’ve done.
• I’m forgiving what I’ve done.

• I said goodbye.
• All I could think was I need a way to dig through the damage.
• I see you takin’ advantage.
• I found another reason to do this.
• I wanna find a way to rattle you.
• I’m not done.
• There’s nothing left.
• Darkness turned to light.

&  you  smile  when  you  dive  in   —  like  you’re  never  coming  back.   /   as told by winter.

a wolf in sheep’s clothing is more than a warning .     independent original character ,    anarchist    &    cyber punk themes .     penned by virgo ,

the following prompts were taken from the novel deathless by catherynne m. valente, an american novelist & poet. the novel was loosely based on the tale of koschei the deathless, incorporating other elements of russian mythology, & setting it against the backdrop of the russian revolution. feel free to change the pronouns / prompts as you see fit, but be warned – below the cut, it’s quite long !

• ❛ the service of your body is not yours to give as you please. ❜
• ❛ you probably won’t survive. ❜
• ❛ go. run. don’t look behind you. ❜
• ❛ i have come for the girl in the window. ❜
• ❛ i will never be without information. ❜
• ❛ i will see him with his skin off before i fall in love. ❜
• ❛ if the world is divided into seeing & not seeing, i will always choose to see. ❜
• ❛ secrets are jealous things, permitting no fraternization. ❜
• ❛ no, it’s not like that, when magic comes. ❜
• ❛ magic does that. it wastes you away. once it grips you by the ear, the world gets quieter & quieter until you can hardly hear it at all. ❜
• ❛ the sight of it bruised my heart so that i cannot think about anything else. ❜
• ❛ i’ll be so quiet, i’ll never talk again. ❜
• ❛ keep me & obey me, for i am your husband, & i can destroy you. ❜
• ❛ i shall be clever, & i shall not let him go. ❜
• ❛ it is a new world, & we do not wish to be left behind. ❜

❝ blow me. and your six months of karate at the king of crush ‘em all can blow me too. ❞ written by tatum.