Across the room And our eyes meet. A brief acknowledgement of indifference yet interest. What will we be? And we imagined us.
Imagine us. Ending up on neighbouring tables. Sharing a smirk at the teacher’s idiocy. Speaking words now. Glances still shared. Their meanings deep.
Imagine us. Ending up in the same group. Being stereotyped. Eyes still glancing your way. What will they see?
Imagine us. Background noise too high. Words too shallow. Now our eyes just saw. No emotions- all hollow.
Imagine us. When on an outing with ‘friends’, our fingers brushed quick. It sparked. We startled. A flicker of emotion. “NO”. Bury it all inside.
Imagine us. Frustrated and tired. Each glance draining. Every fake,“I’m fine” lacerating. Every stereotype biting in our skin.
Imagine us. Breaking free. Our hands entangled. Every emotion bare in our eyes.
Imagine us. The thirst now sated. A soft rolling ocean of light within. Us. Satisfied. And as I sat next to you, hands slightly brushing. You looked at me and smiled. Because for once we were home. So I went back to the start.
I imagined us.
~ Phoenix Aquain❄️
I’M MICHELLE OBAMA
by Erisiar
It’s almost 2017 and my only wish is for you to love yourself. Sounds very simple right…but what I mean is for you to really look at yourself and love who you are. I want you to love all your flaws, to love your story because that is what shaped you into the person you are today. I want you to free yourself of guilt and know that it’s okay to slip up every once in a while. I want you to know yourself and understand that you are not a superhero and that you can reach out for help, all you need to do is ask. I want you to tell yourself how amazing you are and that all the self doubting and insecurities you have inside you is wrong and completely false. It’s almost 2017 and I think now is the perfect time for you to start loving who you are because you were made to be loved and love starts with you.
Tenari Ioapo (via words-she-will-never-say)