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[?]Michelle » 🌐
@Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

I reject
This death
In life, and
Throw myself
Wholeheartedly
Into joy.

    [?]Sharon Cummings Art (Official) » 🌐
    @SharonCummingsArt@socel.net

    stranded in the mud
    looking for a better world
    an elephant waits

    We have an elephant sanctuary here. They are so magnificent and deserving of rescue!

    - better
    - strand

    ART
    fineartamerica.com/featured/co

    Colorful Elephant on white in a furniture setting.

    Alt...Colorful Elephant on white in a furniture setting.

    Colorful elephant on white in a furniture setting.

    Alt...Colorful elephant on white in a furniture setting.

      [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
      @SPF@hear-me.social

      A poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay, published in 1922 when she was thirty.

      GROWN-UP

Was it for this I uttered prayers,

And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,

That now, domestic as a plate,

I should retire at half-past eight?

      Alt...GROWN-UP Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight?

        [?]Michelle » 🌐
        @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

        I am grateful
        That I am made
        More of stars
        Than silence.

          [?]Michelle » 🌐
          @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

          Please,
          Let me live
          These days,
          Not merely
          Survive
          Them.

            [?]Michelle » 🌐
            @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

            You sworn
            Oath of
            The cosmos,
            You fire become
            Flesh,
            Stay brave
            In the face of
            Forever,
            For you are
            A part of it.

              [?]Michelle » 🌐
              @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

              After inflicting
              Your own,
              You find yourself
              Lost without
              My map of
              Scars.

                [?]Michelle » 🌐
                @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                You are a
                Void into
                Which all
                Words wasted
                Are stars still
                Falling.
                Burn away,
                Bottomless
                Nothing.

                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
                  @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                  Deeper the cut,
                  Nearer the
                  Golden bones
                  Of hope.

                    [?]Michelle » 🌐
                    @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                    For all this
                    Vastness,
                    We have been
                    Brought together
                    In this moment.
                    Lamplights in the
                    Dark.

                      [?]Michelle » 🌐
                      @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                      I dissipate
                      Like a dream
                      Upon waking.
                      You couldn’t love
                      What isn’t fully
                      Here.

                        [?]Michelle » 🌐
                        @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                        There are
                        Teeth marks
                        Where I
                        Held on
                        Too long,
                        Afraid of
                        The falling
                        When I let
                        Go.

                          [?]Michelle » 🌐
                          @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                          I only have
                          The chrysalis
                          Of this body.
                          A life full of
                          Becoming,
                          And I am
                          Ready to
                          Fly.

                            [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                            @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                            Tonight on translations that are almost as unhelpful as the idiom itself, “mark a boat to find a sword”:

                            There once was a guy on a boat
                            Who found out that swords do not float.
                            He pulled out his dagger
                            With native Chu swagger
                            And said “I’ll just make me a note.”

                            An excerpt of Classical Chinese about the guy who marked which boat he lost his sword from as if that’d help find the sword

                            Alt...An excerpt of Classical Chinese about the guy who marked which boat he lost his sword from as if that’d help find the sword

                              [?]Michelle » 🌐
                              @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                              You are
                              A faceted
                              Jewel fallen
                              Loose from
                              The velvet
                              Night,
                              Long may
                              You shine.

                                [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                And I come
                                To know,
                                To love
                                The small
                                Universe
                                Of every body,
                                Ad infinitum.

                                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                  @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                  You were
                                  Born from
                                  The light of
                                  A thousand
                                  Stars, you
                                  Needn’t fear
                                  The dark.

                                    [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                    @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                    Behold,
                                    The night sky,
                                    A mirror,
                                    And a map
                                    Home.

                                      [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                      @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                      New 3”x 3” stickers available in the shop!The poem is “Become”, one of my favorites from Library on Fire. nihtgengapress.com/product/bec. Free shipping in the US!

                                      WHAT
CHOICE DO I
HAVE IN THE
DEEPEST DARK,
BUT TO BECOME
THE STARS?

                                      Alt...WHAT CHOICE DO I HAVE IN THE DEEPEST DARK, BUT TO BECOME THE STARS?

                                        [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                        @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                        Beneath the
                                        Church of
                                        My ribs,
                                        The catacombs
                                        Of lost love,
                                        And found.

                                          [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                          @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                          It’ll be
                                          Warm as
                                          A wildfire,
                                          Cold as a
                                          Knife, and
                                          Everything
                                          Everything
                                          In between.

                                            [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                            @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                            Let me be
                                            Guided by
                                            No angels
                                            Weeping,
                                            No devils
                                            Laughing,
                                            Just love
                                            In its purest
                                            Form.

                                              [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                              @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                              May this
                                              Suffering
                                              Become
                                              So much
                                              Kindling
                                              For the
                                              Fire inside
                                              Us all,
                                              That we may
                                              One day
                                              Outshine
                                              The dark.

                                                [?]Simon J Ashcroft » 🌐
                                                @SJAsh_03@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                Woodland

                                                Amid trees, lonely
                                                on a hill, the breeze whispered
                                                of distant secrets;
                                                I heard, and realised how
                                                it told me of my own heart.

                                                © Simon J Ashcroft, 2025

                                                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                  @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                  I am more
                                                  Than a home
                                                  To darkness.
                                                  I am more than
                                                  A canvas
                                                  For scars.

                                                    [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                    @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                    You and me
                                                    Entwined like
                                                    Time and gravity.
                                                    Slowly pull me
                                                    Out of my mind.

                                                      [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                      @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                      You, who
                                                      Contain
                                                      Multitudes
                                                      Of stars,
                                                      Need not
                                                      Fear the
                                                      Night.

                                                        [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                        @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                        I finally
                                                        Understood
                                                        All of my
                                                        Nothing
                                                        Was always
                                                        Full of stars.

                                                          [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                          @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                          Flying will
                                                          Sometimes
                                                          Feel like
                                                          Falling.
                                                          Hold fast
                                                          The wings
                                                          Of your
                                                          Desire.

                                                            [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                            @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                            Here in the
                                                            Unknowable
                                                            Vastness,
                                                            We inexplicably
                                                            Collide.
                                                            How brief, but
                                                            How beautiful
                                                            The sparks.

                                                              [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                              @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                              I am not broken,
                                                              But rearranged.
                                                              Have patience
                                                              While I find
                                                              My way back
                                                              To my heart.

                                                                [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                There are
                                                                Prominences
                                                                From the Sun
                                                                That could
                                                                Swallow the
                                                                Earth a
                                                                Thousand times,
                                                                And I guess
                                                                That’s what
                                                                It feels like
                                                                To truly
                                                                Open your
                                                                Heart.

                                                                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                  @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                  Oh, the
                                                                  Horror and
                                                                  Exquisite
                                                                  Beauty
                                                                  Of an
                                                                  Ordinary
                                                                  Life.

                                                                    [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                    @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                    You’d rip
                                                                    Me open
                                                                    To read
                                                                    This viscera
                                                                    As signs and
                                                                    Wonders
                                                                    Where there
                                                                    Are only
                                                                    Blood and
                                                                    Guts.

                                                                      [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                      @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                      Let the stars,
                                                                      Still shimmering
                                                                      In my veins,
                                                                      Guide you
                                                                      Home.

                                                                        [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                        @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                        There’s light
                                                                        Enough to
                                                                        Blind you,
                                                                        If you were
                                                                        Really looking.

                                                                          [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                          @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                          Bride of blessed night
                                                                          Throw off your veil,
                                                                          And greet the stars
                                                                          With a kiss.

                                                                            [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                            @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                            Out of
                                                                            All the devils
                                                                            In my head,
                                                                            You laugh
                                                                            The loudest.

                                                                              [?]Michael Gale » 🌐
                                                                              @miclgael@hachyderm.io

                                                                              [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                              @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                              It’s called
                                                                              “The dawn of time”
                                                                              Because there was
                                                                              An emergence of
                                                                              Light, which
                                                                              You are a part.

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