Strangers

He says things that makes me go “haha same”

oh to be a home to parasites

"let people be wrong about you" is such good advice that i am unfortunately physically incapable of following. if i am incorrectly perceived by anyone i will simply start ripping things with my teeth

Be mindful that your guilt is useless unless you allow it to evolve into something more meaningful […] Guilt is always a crossroad. It can be a gateway to consciousness, or we can obsess over what we have done, wallow in our guilt, use it as an excuse not to grow, and fixate on the idea that we deserve punishment rather than seeing our guilt as a signpost pointing us toward the true path.

Matthew Kelly (The Rocking Chair Prophet, pages 85, 85-86)

“The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart, which nothing could remove.”

— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

A. Ramachandran (Indian, 1935-2024), Dead Lotus Pond in Winter (Diptych), 2017. Oil on canvas, 78 x 96 in.

people ask me how i am and i say "oh i'm fine" knowing damn well if i opened up i'd be involuntarily summited to the local psych ward