lifeinpoetry: “i am nothing // if not determined to recreate myself as a god.” — Laura Villareal, from “baby teeth,” published in Palette Poetry

lifeinpoetry: the sweet honeyed milk of freedom. what does yourmouth taste of? the dust of an abandonedhouse, haunted. — Lysander Wong, from “Portrait of Spring,” published in L’Éphémère Review

vae-lectoroix: Hraesvelgr: “One of the seven great wyrms sired by Midgardsormr, Hraesvelgr shared a love with Saint Shiva that transcended race and reason. Their pure bond quelled the hostility between dragon and man, until one fateful day when mortal treachery shattered the peace and soured the wyrm’s heart with grief.” Source: vae-lectoroix

aegeanesea: “Charm me. Furiously. Torment me. In detail.” — Hermann Hesse, from Crisis: Pages from a Diary; “The Seducer,” (via violentwavesofemotion)