i want to grow out my eyebrows and become the jellyfish woman with a blowfish tongue. i want to be the yellow teethed sun, smiling back at my own anger. i want to use my tears as a blanket and drape them over every heartache i have ever felt until the colors of my pain dilute into a disgusting brown puddle. then i will bathe in it. when i was sad about how slow i was moving through life i found comfort in the late-blooming trees, until i read that they are not really at a disadvantage compared to early-blooming trees. then i got mad. i had a dream of chopping off all my hair and leaving it on your doorstep. i want final proof that loving me never even crossed your mind. i want final proof that i will drive away the wrong people by being as ugly and loud as possible. i want to protect myself from becoming someone's saint.
there is something sooo embarrassing about everything i have done and will do
Seriously nothing better than thinking omg I need some water and then drinking water.
i'm in the throes of being okay
The Washington Post, May 19, 1912
i don't get how goals work i've never had a target goal i just flow through life like a little leaf being carried by the wind
Ariana Papademetropoulos (Greek-American, b. 1990)
Celestial Penance, 2024
oil on canvas
The sexiest thing a woman can do is move on. Whether it’s from their partner, career, family, etc. Society has programmed women into believing there’s a moral reward for enduring and staying. Fuck that. Get a new partner, new career, move to another state/country, please just MOVE ON.