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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Beautiful, Heather

KL's avatar

🖤🖤🖤

For many years I have had a tiny gross ceramic frog that is so derpy, and obviously croaking so loud. I keep it on my altar to be the symbol of my heart's stupid, tiny, never-stopping loud-ass voice.

I'm gonna try to link a picture here:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q7d8qB9sfH3eNvhs7

It also has flowers painted on its butt, which I feel is important to mention:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/DLLFjTQ94DvEwwtBA

Heather Havrilesky's avatar

Ah yeah, I love this idiot! Of course he has flowers on his ass, the little bastard!

Violet Farraday's avatar

I LOVE THIS FRAWG

Indignata's avatar

I like being in this storm; I like reading in this storm.

MUTHR, FCKD's avatar

JFC this was torrential and gorgeous. Excuse me while I mop myself up from off the floor.

Steve Sweeney's avatar

This is a powerful self-admonishment and, by "self," I mean me as the reader. I think if you can read this, internalize it, and the result is a compulsion that results in some kind of positive self action, you will be better for it.

April Resnick's avatar

❤️

Andy the Alchemist's avatar

I am always happiest when I am just following my whims and going where the wind takes me. Once I start internalizing the judgements of others though, it's paralyzing and keeps me from doing anything. Not giving a fuck what others think of you and having the courage to forge your own path is the only correct way to live but I know it's hard. Anything worthwhile humanity has ever produced was done by such people. Most of us are just sheep too afraid of discomfort to become who we were truly meant to be.

Ami Baio's avatar

this made me cry my eyes out, and I immediately had to start writing my own poem. thank you

Timothy Moody's avatar

Oh God was this a glorious post even though it warned of so much reality. Thank you!

Ctothes's avatar

Her world collapsed early Sunday morning

She got up from the kitchen table

Folded the newspaper and silenced the radio

Those creatures jumped the barricades

And have headed for the sea, sea

Violet Farraday's avatar

This is strength and spirit and so very fiercely soft all at once. I adore it 💜