julia-betancourtWhisper

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I regret not knowing any betterI regret not knowing any better than I did when he still loved me. / I must have been inside of a wind tunnel- for months- not hearing anything. / I must have been deaf or something, I must have been too boring,

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i gave up on a culturei stopped hanging out with my friends after the hook ups went around in a cycle. first, it started small. the same voice every week. it was always, "he texted me and asked me to hook up". melancholy out of not-giving-a-fuck and not condescension like she'd hoped it was so it wouldn't seem like she was overdoing it, the rest of us would say "no way, again?" / every week. then eventually the rest of them got the same text. and they'd start overdoing it, too. / my first thoughts were, "gee, we can't even ask people to fuck in person anymore." but then i thought, how do you do that if you aren't in love with them?

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there's no such thing as "bad people"you don't understand how much faith i have in you, maybe how much faith i have just in people in general. / it's a whole fucking lot, and all they seem to have done is prove me wrong; that i should not have trusted them that much, that i should not have believed them that much, that i shouldn't have had that much faith. / i shouldn't have faith.

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hereshe wanted to die. / like you, / except, only once

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How People Love MeI am not an Amazement / People do not look at me and find gold / I am a blank canvas and Empty

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freedom of "speech"freedom of speech until you tear off the Hijab of a Muslim woman / walking down the street / and leave her beaten in the blood from your knuckles

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there is no title for this, there is no title for most thingsadmiration / seems to be one of our weakest / qualities

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This train ride, last train rideThis train ride / Is the only thing that connects us now / It is the only thing left that’s running

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trust me with your hearttrust me with your heart. / i will have did to you / all you have done to me,

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My SignificanceIf I was put here for a reason, / then why do I hate being here? / My five Okay Days are always followed

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