Eat this Chicken Instead by thequeenofapples, literature
Literature
Eat this Chicken Instead
If there was one thing I thought
I was completely ready for
It was the supposedly
predictable
simple
understandable
overrated
constricting feeling of heartbreak.
My figurative black chunk of beating heart didn't crack in half or anything. It didn't get crushed to pieces. It felt like a little bit of peel from it was chipped off slowly and painstakingly, so it knew exactly where to hurt. It's like whittling a piece of wood, until all that you have left is a little sliver you could use to jab someone's finger with.
Even in my head, I knew it was destined to fail, the idea of him and me together. I wasn't his type; hell, far from it, actuall
your stupid pocket wi-fi by thequeenofapples, literature
Literature
your stupid pocket wi-fi
i'll tell you about the first time we met
i was horribly jealous of
your skills at art
and i'll admit
i tried to
hate you
you won me over in the end
with your quiet charm
and i was the only
one who noticed
that you never seemed to speak
beyond a sentence or two at first
but that was okay, you were new
you'd warm up eventually
but i didn't know
i'd be horribly
wrong
we're older now, that's great
but you don't seem to think so
high school sucks, and you
think everyone hates you
but they don't, trust me
you're wonderful, kind, talented, and beautiful
they should flock to you
and if they don't like you
shame on them
they're missing out
on some