No Gods or Kings, Only People

The ongoing exploration of one very skeptical monster.

There will be nonsensical ramblings, cute animals, gender things and whatever else strikes my fancy. Because reasons.

ofthemoons:

3 types of self soothing thoughts 

  • Validation: it’s ok that I hurt and want to feel better
  • Reassurance: I can handle this pain even though it hurts 
  • Perspective taking: I’ve had bad days like this before and I’ve made it through them. I can remember my better days and know I’m not always hurting this much 

What
did I do with all
the rage he gave me?

How much did I eat,
did I swallow?

What hell did I crawl out
of?

What did I do with all his
flaming tongues?

I burned.
I burned.
I burned.
I burned through the
sheets until I was
clean and new
and strange,
and the fire never
followed me again
after that.

After my new name,
my new face,

my new glowing body
next to the grave that
couldn’t have me.

- “Fire,” by Caitlyn Siehl. Published in The Rising Phoenix Review
(via alonesomes)

harampolice:

I think it’s really cruel to continue to hang around/ interact with people that have severely hurt your friends. im not talking about petty arguments but it really says something if your disregard the pain someone has caused a person close to you all for the sake of socializing and your image.

Nurotypical people need to spend some quiet time in the closet to stop being overwhelmed by all the sounds and light and other stimulation right? That’s not the weirdest thing ever? Asking for a friend.

I used to think that adulthood was one crisis after another. I was wrong.

jcgreen72:

foundbysara:

as it turns out, adulthood is multiple crises, concurrently, all the time, forever

Confirmed

fishadee:

When you’re around your friends and they talk about “““weird kinks””” and you gotta play super cool.

image

sleepyflannel:

what a good day to remember how beautiful trans girls (and especially trans wlw) are. truly astonishing. the world is a much brighter and happier place because of them

lana-grant-may:

carry-on-my-wayward-nun:

p1ants:

i think freckles, stretch marks, tattoos, bruises, birthmarks and scars are probably the coolest thing, you started with almost a blank canvas and look at u now, all this evidence that you’ve lived and the sun has shone on you and you’ve grown and maybe tripped up a few times and liked an image so much u made it a permanent part of u, beautiful.

That’s one of the most uplifting things I’ve read

This needs to get passed around more

proudnb:

Nonbinary people, you are worth including in activism.

You are worth the effort of changing any activism or political discourse to better include you.

You are not a weight on the movement.

You deserve as much as anyone a place in these discussions.

“Faggot”

dissocialize:

reminder: even if your abuser had a disorder you still have every right to be traumatized and angry at them

gaysuggestions:

netflix and…rest your head on my thigh while I run my fingers through your hair continuously

❝ Just because you don’t see results after a day, or even a week, don’t give up. You may not see changes, but every smart choice you make is affecting you in ways you’d never imagine. ❞

- fitspiration (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

Sky Poem | Caitlyn Siehl

seaanimalonland:

Stars are not small or gentle.
They are writhing and dying and burning.
They are not here to be pretty.
I am trying to learn from them.

Caitlyn Siehl, “Sky Poem”  (via chazkeats)

via ramentic

whisper-in-rage:

emiliotheexplorer:

noodle-dragon:

A smol awoo

This reduced me to tears

I AM DYING OH MY GOD

viwan themes