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to the one --
you’ve been forever a lack,
a hole, an absence
i cannot imagine you,
because i idolize you
i want, so desperately, for you to be
an absence yet constant presence
you lurk, a nagging feeling
an abcess, an itch
and yet i could not seek you out
because a part of me still thinks
we will crash on the street,
or touch hands at the bookstore,
we’ll smile shyly and pass,
gazes will linger
amid flashing lights or buzzing drone,
or elevator music, or raucous home
any way that would seem
like the stars drew our fate
but you can’t argue that from a swipe,
so it scares me, to find you that way
in the pit, the emptiness of my soul
when i should’ve been looking to the ones who fill,
to the excess, to the outpouring
to the ones i know.
you are quiet giggle
confession stuck as it leaves,
weaving through the crowded street
you are late nights texting,
and the last one to put the phone down,
and borrowed shoes for the night or the week,
and fingers gripping my back when we hug
you taught me ‘i love you’ when i leave the car,
and you taught me to face what i truly felt
you taught me it would turn out okay,
and you taught me when to fight back
love is a whole,
tangible and real
i’ll recognize you when i see you
when i know you, it will mean
i was not fixed,
didn’t find my other half
you were never the first,
you will not be the last
neptune
we are simply the universe interacting with itself, a tentative touch, a shared breath.
and we must be tender with each other, for we are fragile
and we are real,
and you are real.
and you know yourself best, so you should know best that you are deserving of joy and every delicate softness that you stop to rub your cheek against, to feel that conjoining of two forgiving things.
to know that you can love, wanton and gorgeous, sunlit smile touched by every person who has treated you with care,
and possibly treat someone else with care, too.
you can have everything you want, dear
you only have to know that you deserve it
you only have to forgive yourself
dread has no place in our ecosystem, in our tangled, finite hearts
we are the universe, of the same stardust sprinkled onto fertile soil
we are the universe, nursed and nurtured into our positions
we are the universe, laid gently to rest when we are done
we are the universe, and we can help make it a little more bearable before we take our final bow.
don’t go chasing the rest, darling, because you can care without reciprocation
you can simply love
and it is a vulnerability, yes, but not a weakness
it is not a weakness.
Let's sit on the lily pads in the greenhouse ✨🐸
💐Nasturtium notebooks💐 The first one has arrived and I am very happy with how it turned out😊 The cover is nice and soft while keeping the illustrations sharp and saturated ✨ not sure what I'll write in it but I'm very excited! I hope you'll enjoy it too💚
Its listed on Shopify now too :) All the info is in the item description.
Find it here: https://lunalinstudio.myshopify.com/
Size: 5"x5.25" Inside: first page has a spot to put your name Paper: 48 gridded pages, 70lb acid free paper so it's perfect for journaling, planning, sketching, note taking, etc.
Long summer grass✨🌿 gouache sketch time
🌱 forest study 🌱 super green forests are my favorite forests 💚 I love doing these sketchbook studies because not only are they good practice but I can bring my sketchbook pretty much anywhere :) This is my painting sketchbook so I tend to end up finishing illustrations but they could always become something bigger and more whilsical later on!
The swamp welcomes you 🍄🌱 It was super foggy yesterday and the trees outside looked like ghosts 👻 who knows what's lurking out there .
Ready for a mountain adventure?🏔️ .
Been sleepy so I tried another hand today. Line of action has a lot of cool references for hands but not matter how hard I try I can’t get my own fingers to bend the same way the model did 👁️👄👁️ hands are pretty
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