If I Don’t Love You
If I Don’t Love You
If I don’t love you,
then why,
darling,
explain to me why,
do you look so gorgeous?
Violet light,
weaving itself through strands
of golden hair.
If you don’t love me,
then why am I the first person you look at
when you walk into the room?
Some sort of something
in your eyes
as they dart away from mine.
I forget to breathe.
I see you walk out,
pretending not to notice you.
Pretending not to notice
how your eyes flick to me as you sit
carelessly
with the sun and the blue sky.
I caution a glance
as I walk away.
I don’t love you?
I don’t love you.
P.S. Yes, this one’s about the academic rival.
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- Sylvia Plath, from 'Ariel'
“Vive vitam tuam, nam morte tua morieris.”
Live your own life, for you will die your own death.
She read books like she ran into the woods, each tree consuming her slowly as she disappeared into the green.
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last book that I…
bought: the secret history, donna tartt
borrowed: letters home, sylvia plath
was gifted: infinite jest, david foster wallace
started: uno, nessuno e centomila, l. pirandello
finished: song of achilles, madeline miller
didn’t finish: emma, jane austen
last book that I;
bought: stone blind, natalie haynes
borrowed: the collected poems of sylvia plath
was gifted: a set of antique 1830-1850s novels
started: elektra, jennifer saint
finished: a thousand ships, natalie haynes
gave 5 stars to: tales from the estate, sadie davidson
gave 2 stars to: war of the worlds, h. g. wells
didn't finish: if we were villains, m. l. rio
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