What of the tree,
That stands between Time and Death,
However, where our lives had begun,
Had also been where you came to rest.
Battle had worn you thin,
Broken seams and dirty limbs,
The golden crown that sits atop your head,
Rusted brown with soil and ash,
The loud thundering destruction,
Of a home you had never forgotten,
One I had destroyed, the day I destroyed myself,
My father stares into your eyes,
He knew, and I knew,
You'd miss me, I knew.
I had to leave,
I had to leave,
I had to leave and what remains of me after Death must go before this body does,
This body that has destroyed itself a long time ago,
I must cut the voice that yelled,
At the only one who'd seen the monster I'd become,
Must lose the mind that lost it long ago,
And rest my conscious six feet underground,
Or at least lay in charred soot and ashes and
burning gunpowder,
In a resting chamber that tormented me for
Days, weeks, hours,
The button clicks like a final realization,
The sun has set at a new chapter,
Singed at the page corners,
And now a new world without the burning monster,
Myself,
Only myself,
The second tyrant has gone, alone in the end,
What he had deserved is served in blazing fire,
And ichor mixed with humanity's wine,
And a father that blames this death on everyone,
But himself.
my friends yousef and mona are trying to survive a very dangerous situation... it's hard to focus on fundraising when you are worried more about surviving bombings. they do still need funds. it is getting harder and harder to afford basic needs for both themselves and their baby alaa. i haven't heard any good news about mona's lungs (they were damaged in a previous bombing), so i assume they're as bad as ever. she's told me it's very painful. she can't rest because she spends her nights coughing violently instead. if you can help them at all, here is the link to their fundraiser. since they are fundraising in swedish krona, smaller donations are accepted. anything will help at least a little, but please be aware 10 kr is 94 cents in usd. if you can't donate, please share the post. you have a helpful role.
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Hello,
My name is Hanan, and I am reaching out from Gaza to seek your assistance for my brother Jihad. He is suffering from multiple chronic illnesses, including high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney failure, celiac disease, and osteoporosis, among various other complications. 🥺🥺 Unfortunately, he does not have access to direct support or adequate medical treatment. We kindly ask for your help in evacuating Jihad from Gaza so that he can receive the necessary medical care abroad. 🙏🙏
https://gofund.me/22862796
✅️ The campaign has been verified by @gazavetters, and my phone number listed is (#266) ✅️
...burst into fading light, and followed the Moon.
The Sun needs not the Moon,
For if the Moon in the sky had burned as bright,
How come it's canvas remains a pitch black sight?
For if the Sun needed the Moon,
How come it holds it's own,
How come the Moon only reflects the lambent wishes of the Sun?
But what if the Sun sees himself as the Moon,
And the Moon as the Sun,
If the Moon sees himself for what he truly is,
And the Sun so bright he basks in it.
The Sun needs not the Moon,
And the Moon knows this,
He prefers not to shade the Sun's light,
Would want never to reduce the hopeful rays to pathetic halos,
For halos cannot light up the world.
The Moon sees everything in the Sun,
And what the Moon brings is what the people believe as madness,
And truthfully, what he brings is darkness,
If the Sun may bring the people happiness,
If the Moon did not hold their best interests in his cold heart,
Then the Moon will fear not the day he leaves.
But what the Moon does not know,
The day that he fades away from even the Sun's view,
The Sun will weep, raining gold,
The Sun will feel...cold...
The Sun isn't meant to be cold.
(What used to be golden and anew, burst into fading light, and followed the Moon)
Do you still think of our children — bleeding, terrified, broken — being slaughtered in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes?
My own son was severely injured in one of the recent airstrikes. His tiny body, broken and bleeding, now lies in a hospital that has no medicine, no electricity, no hope.
He needs urgent surgery that can only be done outside Gaza. Every minute that passes puts his life at greater risk.
I am begging you — from one human being to another — to please help me save my son’s life. Your donation could be the reason he survives. The reason he gets another chance at life, at laughter, at childhood.
All beings that ever come to grace the dirt, have known love, no matter how little or how much.
And as much as he'd like to lie and say he was an exception he was loved only twice in his life thrice if you count beginnings.
Once, by a good man, who forged blades of benign shine, struck in the heart where his soul lay the heart that was tossed since yesterday.
Twice, by a sick child, who sewed stories of old of dancers and soldiers and burned in phoenix flames, promising a heart in the midst of gray ashes that say; The meaning of soul is defined by humanity, as hearts and souls go hand-in-hand, to have a soul is to feel, to feel is to have a heart.
And so the collapse of a frail child, greeted the puppet with no strings, and now his mind has lapsed back into loathing.
And now he sits in rubble and flame, singing a soundless soliloquy wishing to burn, and burn to death The jointed man wakes to a rising sun, and sheds the "son" that once was.
The years fly as wind blows just as time does, harrowed by horrid hands that never knew how to heal, finally finding oneself standing with kinder kin, as the world forgot the puppet of old, and now only knows who wanders with the wind as most visionary vassals do.
The jointed jaunt the joyous world, with a jaded face and biting words but now free of past grievances, still gruesome; somehow untrue.
The world cares not for the wandering soul that walks with the wind, Yet he does not care in return.
My Heart, I Am The Soul
My darling, my darling
You are my darling,
My heart in it's true form,
With every color of gold and blue
Oh so vibrant blue,
In my arms would be my sun,
That shines brighter than anyone,
Any star in the sky could never compare,
My sunshine, you make me laugh the sound of a thousand wind chimes.
My darling, my darling,
You're an idiot, you know that?
You're mistakes make me crack up so much
And my composure falls through like sand
While I'm with you,
My sunshine, my heart,
Will you stay by me at my lowest?
When my voice echoes louder in this cave of
lost loves,
In this cave where we could never call home,
In this cave where the cold clings to my coat like an unwelcome guest,
Where I hurt you farther than I would like,
Where I lost myself in the dark,
Not even your light could pull me out,
You were so young, you never were meant to keep me sane,
It was never your responsibility to keep my heart intact,
After all, you are the heart of our home,
I am it's soul,
And so you are my heart,
If you are my heart, why do cracks line your face
Like a frantic, manic artist, trying to make pace?
I am not to be kept in your life, am I?
I don't truly deserve your forgiveness,
But knowing you,
You'll give it to me anyway,
And with that, I cry.
O Wind o' mine
Take me far above your Cathedral spire
Above the children's chatter and the morning prayers
Above the bards' glory-driven drivels and the merry-minded man,
Dance me a tune to last my lifetime
Sing me a song to serenade the sorrowful,
loved, and losing,
To watch over the cramped common crowd
In a bar where the drowned come to commiserate
as I, their god,
Ne'er be free as the god most lonely,
May the wind bring me companions
and I shall watch them come and go
as I, left behind where they would call home.
Me and two friends need to raise $5000 by Monday 02.24.2025 for a deposit and we are missing $600, I offer digital art commissions for very flexible price and sell my prints and other Fandom merch on my Etsy and Bigcartel but if you can only spare a few dollars please donate directly on cash app or PayPal at ailexxichan@gmail.com. Without it they will be unhoused indefinitely. I will keep everyone updated and thank you for sharing this post