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sometimes hope

7/6/2021

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❝sometimes things are ok // sometimes it's true that they will be // even if not right now.

sometimes hope is not a flower, blooming slowly, carefully tended // sometimes it's a sword and shield, a battle // sometimes you are your own enemy, or the world is // sometimes you lose.

but sometimes picking up that sword and shield means you've already won // the enemy already vanquished, already vanished // sometimes it means there's no battle to fight // all you have to do is hold on, hold tight // believe in the stalwart steel, your grip on it.

sometimes it means you reach for the sword and shield // find instead you are holding a bloom // watching petals unfurl towards the sun // the roots tangling between your fingers.

sometimes everything is ok // sometimes that's a fact, as true as the green of growing things // as cutting as a sharpened blade // as firm and unbreakable and protective as a shield.​❞
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June
24/6/2021 07:32:37 pm

There is some gif that has a cartoon character with big eyes just going "woah" and i can't for my life remember who it is or what show or if i'm even remembering right but either way, that's me @ this poem

it's really lovely, thank you so much for sharing! i also have the picking up a sword thought a lot actually. i'm not here to derail your poetry but one of my favorite TV quotes is "when the rain stops, i'll pick up the sword again" which is the beginning of a training montage, but i use it as a life motto too. bc things happen and they suck but you pick up the sword and you've won half the fight!!

and then the rest of your poem which is just the most beautiful thing ever i vibed really hard while reading it :D :D :D

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Sumayyah
26/6/2021 06:04:08 pm

If you find the gif please send it, I love a good gif. Also I read this comment and went uwu _out loud_ lmao. Please take my entire heart 🥺❤️. 'Derail' psshhh this is so lovely thank you so much! What TV show is this 👀 . What a lovely life motto too!

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June
26/6/2021 07:00:59 pm

It’s an anime lol: Akatsuki no Yona. I’ve watched it like three times OOMPH I love it so much all the characters just 💘💘 vibe so hard and I am MIFFED that the manga is a) coming out with chapters v slowly and b) largely unavailable unless I buy physical copies and my wallet would disagree with that a lot :O (main male character was the main Aiden inspo kinda if that tells you anything about anything)




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