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periodic-euphoria · 1 year
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Forgetting Is Freedom
As long as you haunt my dreams
I won’t have a restful sleep
As long as your ghost swims in my thoughts
I’ll live every moment scared that I’ll drown
As long as my mind keeps bumping into memories of you
I’ll be unable to think of anything else
As long as my hands wish they were in yours
I won’t be able to work, or write, or draw
Without producing something that bleeds of your memory
As long I remember your name
My lips won’t taste sweetness in any other sound
As long as I remember your eyes
I’ll search for them in every crowd
I wish I could just forget you
So I could finally be free of you
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periodic-euphoria · 1 year
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Choosing to Love You
I would choose you in a room full of people
I would choose you over all the riches of the earth
I would choose you over money, power, glory
Over success and honour
I would choose you in every lifetime and every universe
And I’m scared you wouldn’t choose me
In fact I know you wouldn’t choose me
Was that too much to ask for
It’s ok, I’ll still choose you
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periodic-euphoria · 1 year
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Alone With You
Scared of crowds
Scared of loud noises
I just want to be alone
With no one but you
Scared of people seeing me
It’s ok when you look at me
Scared of how my voice sounds
It’s ok when I talk to you
Scared of doing something wrong
It’s ok when it’s just us
No one to laugh and make fun of us
No one to judge us
No one to bother us
All alone
Safe, quiet and peaceful
Alone with you
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periodic-euphoria · 1 year
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Ultimatum
****TW: death, suicide******
****This is just a silly little poem don’t agree with what it says or act on any negative thoughts. If you are in distress contact your local crisis line or go to a hospital please do not hurt yourself!!! If you want to talk feel free to message me*****
Which crime is more sinful
Which choice is worse
Killing myself
Or killing everyone around me
There is no reality
Where all our souls come out alive
Unhurt
Somebody will die no matter what I choose
And I’ll be the one who killed them
So isn’t it better
If I kill me
Even if I didn’t deserve it
Will I be a hero
Will everyone finally love me and will God forgive me
And will my parents finally say they love me and they miss me
One sacrifice to save countless others
Seems about right
It’s what they always wanted
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periodic-euphoria · 1 year
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Watching You Grow Up
Look at you
All grown up now
It seems it was only yesterday
That I first held you in my arms
What a sweet child you were
I remember when you first opened your eyes
So innocent and pure
Why are they now filled with sadness?
I remember when you first learned to talk
Why do you now stutter when you speak?
I remember when you took your first steps
Why do you walk so quietly now? Afraid to make a sound?
I remember when you would giggle and smile
Why are you now sullen? Angry at the world?
I remember when I would give you bubble baths
When’s the last time you showered?
I remember when I would read you a story before bed
When’s the last time you went to sleep?
I remember consoling you whenever you’d cry
Why do you no longer cry?
I remember feeding you your favourite food
Why do you no longer eat?
I watched you grow up
And I swear you were a happy child
You were perfectly fine back then
I watched you grow up
But I’m starting to think
I should have done more than just watch
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periodic-euphoria · 1 year
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How I See You
Dear my dearest,
You think yourself to be stupid
And you are
Too daft to recognize your own agonizing beauty
Yet you get see it in the mirror every day
While I consider myself lucky
To be able to catch a glimpse of you from afar
You think yourself to be friendless
And you are
All those people that you laugh and gossip with all day
If they were true friends who truly loved you they would shade you with their own hands when the sun hit your eyes
And hold their coats over you when it rained, even if it was only a drizzle
And hang your shoes over the heater for a while so they could be nice and warm when you wore them
And sleep on the side of the bed that’s closer to the door so you don’t feel as scared at night
How friendless you are to have no one to do that for you
I would do that for you
You think yourself to be quiet and boring
And you are
Because no one around you cares to listen
If someone did, they would find that you have so much to say that even when you talk for hours your mind still races faster than your words can keep up
I would listen
I would sit and listen to all your stories and all your jokes and I would hang on to every word you say like a child collecting candies, arms full but still eagerly reaching out for more
And I would never get tired
You think yourself to be unlovable
Because no one has ever expressed their love for you
No one has ever been lucky enough to love you
They’re all fools
Only an artist can truly appreciate art
Because you are art, and unlovable is the farthest possible way to describe you
You are what writers write about and what singers sing about and what dreamers dream about
You have no idea how loved you are by me
And you’ll have a hard time believing it
That this is how I see you
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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Stranger
I knew you by many names
My friend, my love, my sun, my star
You were mine
And I knew you day and night
Mind and heart
I knew the rhythm of your breathing
The sound of your footsteps
I knew every birthmark and scar and scab on your body even with my eyes closed
I knew which song you wanted to listen to that afternoon in November and I knew how you liked your coffee and I knew when we sat together sipping on our cups on the couch that there was no place or time in this universe that you’d rather be
And you knew me just the same
You knew when my favourite tea was running out and you’d buy some more so I’d never have to go a day without it even though you never drank it yourself
You knew me day and night
Mind and heart
We knew each other like how sunflowers know which way the sun is and follow it wherever it goes and how the waves dance under the moon and even from millions of miles away they know which way the moon pulls them
I knew you
And now I know nothing
I don’t know where you are or what you’re doing or how you’re feeling
Are you doing ok?
I don’t know if you ever ended up getting that tattoo or if you still visit your grandparents on Sundays or if you still wear the same blue knitted hat when it snows
It was your favourite hat
Now you’re just a stranger
Who I’ve lived a lifetime with
A stranger who knows more about me than anyone ever has or ever will know
A stranger who knows what it feels like
To hold my hand
And I know what it feels like to hold yours
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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Photographer
Always taking pictures
Never in the photos
Always getting your good side
Always looking for good in you
Convince myself there’s good in you
Albums full of our memories
I’m not in the pictures but I was there
Was I really there
Really? Was I ever actually there
Thousands of pictures
Showing you from my eyes
Never one of me
I don’t know my own smile
Do I smile?
I love making you smile though
I don’t know how I look from your eyes
Do you even see me
Am I worth looking at
Is there no good side of mine you want to capture
Is there no laugh of mine you want to preserve
Don’t worry everyone get in the frame
I’ll make sure you all look good
Arms around the people you want to remember
Smile for the camera
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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My First Word Was Baba
My first word was baba
Even though I’d yet to meet you
You were overseas for work
Left some days after my birth
I was taught by my mother
She said “you have a baba”
“And he loves you very much
Even though he’s never here”
My mother taught me to love
Someone I’d never seen
And I spent the rest of my life
Wishing you’d see me too
I hate to see your face
And hate to see you cry
You’re the voice in my head
Telling me I should just die
Yet I can’t live the way I want to
Can’t do things that disappoint you
In the end you’re still my baba
And even when you’re not here
Even when you leave me
I still love you
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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You were always my first choice, but I was never yours
A bridge has two sides
A boat two paddles
That’s why I’m in the river
And you’re on the shore
I’m gasping for breath
And you’re getting bored
I look up at the sun one last time
And you shield your eyes
You get up and move on
And leave me behind
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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Those That Watch From The Trees
eyes Claws wide Sharp
hidden Closely careful Watching
people Children walking Playing
always No-one seeing Notices
guarding Protecting trees Shadows
saving From us Them
those Watch that From
the trees
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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Jellybean Thoughts
Lots of colours
Red blue green orange yellow white
A whole jar full
Each one is the same
But each one is different
They’re quite small
But too much will give you a stomach ache
And cavities
They get stuck in your teeth
Annoying
But tasty
And some colours taste better than others
There’s always a jellybean that falls on the ground
And gets kicked under the couch
You can’t reach it
It was a yucky colour anyways
It’s not important
Sometimes I feel like that jellybean
Lost forgotten unwanted
And ants keep me company
But no one likes ants either
So there we are
The abandoned jellybean and the ants
Under the couch
And the ants will eat me until I am no more
And no one will even notice
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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Cat Language Opera
Meow
Meoow
Meoooow
Meow meow
Meeow meeow
Meeeeow meeeeow
Meow meow meow
Meeow meoow meeow
Meeoow meeoow meeoow
Mrrrp
Mi
Mp
Meow
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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History
We write diaries
We take pictures
We tell stories
Make notes
Compile books
Draw maps
We do everything we can
To record what has happened
What we did
What we saw
Who we met
What we learned
We want so badly to remember
And to leave behind remnants
That others can remember us by
And we dig up ancient ruins
And study their artefacts
And translate their writings
Because we want to know them
And we want to remember them
We’re obsessed with remembering
Remembering our friends our family our ancestors our neighbours
Remembering ourselves and our history
We mark the graves of people we love
So we can remember them long after their bodies have mixed with the earth
We take out old albums and look through them every now and then
Remembering people we haven’t heard from in decades
We read stories of people we never even met
Heroes and writers, musicians and fighters
And we miss them all the same
We say please don’t leave me don’t forget me
I promise I’ll never forget you
I could never forget you
And all the while we’re scared
We’re so scared
That despite all our best efforts
We might still forget
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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I’m Scared You’re Just a Hyperfixation
Love of my life
Light of my soul
Healer of strife
I’m losing control
Day and night
I think of you
Yet I’m scared I might
Grow tired of you
Strength in my bones
Warmth in my heart
You’re the one I call home
I can’t stay apart
Time ticks away
Sweat on my brow
God for once let me stay
Help me stick around
Lists of lovers
Books of friends
Each time I became a stranger
Each time I made forever end
Love of my life
Life of only some years
I promised you infinity
Yet the end grows near
Day and night
I think of you
Yet like all the others
I’ll grow tired of you
Time ticks away
Sweat on my brow
Dear God please let me stay
For once help me stick around
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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What Scares The Shadows
Long, dark, shadowy hallways
Shapes hide from my sight
I am worse than the demons
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periodic-euphoria · 2 years
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Frozen Boy
It’s snowing again
Like it does every year
Blanketing the world in white
You’re at the lake
It’s covered in ice
Sparkling under the sun’s golden light
You play with the other kids
Down by the shore
Running and laughing with delight
You step onto the frozen lake
Faster than the others
Slipping and smiling all bright
You didn’t know it would crack
You didn’t know you would fall
The parent’s warnings were right
You try to swim but you never learned how
The cold numbs your limbs, the water burns your lungs
Soon you lose strength to put up a fight
You were just a kid
You didn’t know any better
Gone like the sun in the night
They told us about you the next day at school
I remember you to this day
The thought of your loss still gives me a fright
I see you sometimes in my dreams
Swim home, come back to the shore frozen boy
Wherever you are, I hope you’re alright
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