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letters to basil Jul 2020
dear atlas,

tw// language

just.
*******.
call.
her.

JUST.
*******.
CALL.
HER.

justfuckingcallher.

you want to talk to her.
so,
just ******* CALL HER.

i love you, but you need to stop being a *******.
love you. *******.

-atlas
******* hate quarantine.

07.26.2020
Zeyu Jul 2020
All the words unspoken,
were wrapped in conceits
******* in scarlet twines
Sealed well
Like golden joineries
or bamboo’s crease
Inside, two’s secrets

Unwrap each carefully
Press your ear to hear:
Wind, memories,
And Peach Blossom Spring
Randomly wrote this one, and it flowed from my finger tips
mothwasher Jul 2020
Silence is now. The sun is risen 5 hours where you are. It is the deepest twilight here, traffic lights disrupting. My window is playing a videotape of an invisible sunrise. It was directed by viking film students. They included your paintings in the credits. i hate to spoil the ending, but i leave you. The soundtrack was going to be radiohead, but Yorke’s record label yanked it. So silent film. Silent students acting like they never learn for my benefit. If it isn’t already obvious, the film is me. And you’ll never read this letter, as i’m already loading it into the movie reel and projecting it into snowy pine trees somewhere in Canada that i’ve never been.

Previous Lover and Grateful Friend,
Shadow Jul 2020
You were always painful ,
Your ending was always bad,
Someone didn't love the other,
And someone was attached ,
You gave us sleepless nights
And your promises were empty
But the most woeful thing will be
"We almost had a thing."
Oh how I pained the both of us; teenagers are always foolish when it's the first time they fall in love, if it's love.
Shadow Jul 2020
Hi, here's a few things I think you should know about a friend whom you haven't met yet:
They have hazel eyes that change colour depending on the lighting,
They like to go on walks and get lost in nature,
They read a lot,
They write sometimes too!
They like to look at the night sky,
They are still lost in life,
They are still searching,
They will not guarantee you happiness everytime you're together but they will always do their best to help you find your right path.
They like to read while sitting on the grass,
They like sitting on grass,
They don't laugh often but when they do it's genuine,
They like the songs sung by birds,
They will not be the "perfect" friend
But I promise you, like almost all other good friends, they will change your life for the better, even if just slightly.
Shadow Jul 2020
The world is quiet here...
There is no God to offer salvation,
There is no music to calm the soul,
There is no Love to sooth my suffering,
There is nothing but darkness here...
My world has been so quiet lately.
Shadow Jul 2020
I met you in the most peculiar way, my greatest friend, and so I don't regret doing what I did, of course many would not believe it; some of the simplest things in life are the most difficult to imagine and understand.
11:20, 7 July 2020
Cause you're a horse back rider as I supposed
You hesitate if my heart were closed
But
You're a secret between me & page
Where your name is composed

Be careful!

You may fall
On my inclined heart!
3:25 a.m. poetry!
letters to basil Jul 2020
dear atlas,

it's okay to text
twice in a row.

just thought
you should know.

love,
atlas
hey, it rhymed.

this one goes out to all of you, too. double texts are okay, paragraphs are okay, saying more than they respond with is okay.

these unsaid texting rules are just useless boundaries. if you want to talk to them, talk to them. especially in these times of social distancing.  

07.05.2020
Zack Ripley Jul 2020
I thought we'd be together forever.
But now for worse, or maybe someday, better,
I will let go of my dream I had for you and me, and sign this letter.
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