EVERY GIRL IS A MISSING PERSON

I wanted to go out soft, undone at the seams (no stitches, no staples, just silk & surrender)—wanted to be so lovely they couldn’t look away. My mother said I was fragile but she didn’t mean it like glass—she meant I looked like something that could starve in the wrong hands (she meant don’t let them touch you).

I kept secrets under my tongue—names, dates, dosages—small enough to swallow but heavy enough to drown in. I pressed flowers into my notebooks, but they always rotted (always turned black around the edges). I liked the smell.

In school, I learned about animals that eat their young. Mercy, the teacher called it, but I saw the way she flinched. What’s softer than survival? What’s prettier than a girl who disappears just in time?

I wrote letters I never sent, folded them small enough to slip between teeth—I wanted to leave them something [a word, a bruise, a map]—wanted them to know I was never sorry. I picked out dresses for the burial (blue like veins, pink like gums) & practiced lying still.

I always knew how it would end—knew the shape of it, the temperature, the weight. What’s one girl in a world full of them? What’s one more name carved into stone?

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whisperingalong

2 months ago

HEY CRITTERS. LOOK!!! OMG!!! Amazing art as always!!!

Im so happy to be included!! 🐾

Well well well... I drew some moots !!!

(Sorry if you're squished this paper was SMALL)

IN ORDER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Top Row: @fallenmeat-thing , Me w/ @c1rcus-of-silliness (you're on my snout), @therealcaraxes , @red-wing-black-bird , @flinnirthefruityfiend !

Bottom Row: @youokaymilo , @hushedhowls @star-wolfboy @blazekat031 @whisperingalong

HOPE YALL LIKE IT !!

LOVE YALL !! /p

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whisperingalong

1 month ago

A bit of a ramble ahead!!

The internet feels like its dying / making an odd shift that pushes out communities and genuine connection. I am finding it difficult to make an online space for myself on a lot of platforms!! The internet doesn’t feel fun anymore. All it is? Just ads, AI bullshit and websites that aren’t fun— people / creatures dont explore the amazing ideas we have anymore.

I want to carve out a space for me, perhaps I need to make my tumblr more like me? Ive seen videos about making personal websites on the “indie web” or perhaps that?

Maybe I’m just online too much ? :,)

I dunno what to do gamers omh 😭

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whisperingalong

1 month ago

Reblog if you want to give a hug to your moots

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whisperingalong

5 months ago