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Starlette
Starlette
English Ink runs through my veins
I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it I’m sorry I know I deserve it
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Feb 2
Feb 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM UTC
Penance instead of pleasure
Pleasuring myself with punishment, punishing myself for the punishment, awaiting punishment for the punishment of what was supposed to be— I think I lost the pleasure somewhere… Could you help me find it?
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Feb 2
Feb 2, 2026 at 12:54 PM UTC
Buried alive
YOU DELIGHT IN WICKEDNESS AND THEN BERATE YOURSELF FOR THE DELIGHT
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Feb 2
Feb 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM UTC
Voices in the back of my head
what is the difference between acceptance, defeat, and surrender?
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Jan 29
Jan 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM UTC
The holy trinity
I hate that I’m here I’ve reached that bitter point in womanhood where I’m turning into my mother
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Jan 29
Jan 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC
Gentle hands turn quickly into talons
I don’t know what my next move is
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Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM UTC
Knight to E5!
I need a cigarette so I can finally BREATHE
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Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM UTC
Untitled
Thought I missed you, … thought I loved you But it was always me It will always be me
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Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM UTC
Forever isn’t enough
I wish all these feelings would just leak out of me Like I was an overly wet sponge or maybe a loose pipe Instead they clash and clamber inside of me Electric mixer, KitchenAid full of cake batter Rising in the oven of my body Soft tender and hefty Feeds: one
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Nov 29, 2025
Nov 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM UTC
This is a happy house, we’re happy here, in our happy house
Confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries
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Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM UTC
a storm rages but I can't feel it