For a minute I forgot that the lights were out
And the bridges weren’t mending
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20.3.16.
Remember that there are people who don’t mind when you lie to them.
They don’t mind when you tell them stories.
So long as you tell a good one.
For they have heard many.
They need you to make them believe.
Believe the things that they don’t see.
If you lie to them
You’ll have to believe
That these are the things you can’t feel
You’re humming lies to yourself now
And you don’t see
That these are the people that never believe.
They know every story that has ever been
And for all of our lies
There are hells of equal rim.
Momina Arif
featured image credit: kissedbythevoid
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Unless the walls shatter themselves in a collision to break free
Until the stars fall to pebbles to match the dust, you’ll see
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At the bottoms of misery’s ocean
Is a soul manic to its core
Pride that lingers the wreck
Doesn’t bring it back life
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Right between home and nothing
Is the longing for truth?
What will you still want when you can have nothing.
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Do you remember the last time you made a fool out of yourself
Do you remember the outburst of shame,
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10 strange facts about my favourite writers
Well I was wondering about how strange all of my favourite writers are. So I made a list of 10 of the strangest facts I’ve ever read about them. And as it so happens, the list got pretty strange as soon as I started writing.
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8 of the most underrated concepts that call for more writing.
Although all of these concepts come from literary/ artistic masterpieces there’s so much to them that isn’t known. They are interesting enough to be elaborated and structured into masterpieces of their own. So take this for a writing assignment. Write them into a form that they well deserve.
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