[ impermanence ] • noun - the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ➸ 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭/𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬

"𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬; 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬' 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧." { 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱; 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘇 } { 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀 & 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗲 } { '𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗲𝘀' 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 © 𝘀.𝗴.𝗮𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗻 2021 }

❝this city smells of smoke and salt / from the sea, two hours away / and i don't know how it got here❞ • a collection of poetry •

❝ 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 ❞ [fragments of poems i'll never publish] [❛visionary❜ all rights reserved © a. wu 2022]

❝ 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 ❞ [poems for my love] [❛mortal coil❜ all rights reserved © a. wu 2022]

❝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫?❞ • a collection of poetry •

Ana lied to me~ Ana symbolizes anorexia. This is what most people with anorexia would like to say to every judgemental people that skinny shame or even say ignorant things like, ''she's trying too hard.''

𝗆𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍: 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁, 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗑𝗎𝖺𝗅, 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂 𝖺𝗆

the ghost of you keeps me awake [editor's choice 2021 | poetry] [cover by @qixing]