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Asher Nov 2019
I’ve sat with ghosts that whispered and shrieked and breathed and moaned that there was nothing beyond the past
That there was no point to go into the unknown because it wasn’t the past and it wasn’t known so it wasn’t definitely safe
So it wasn’t definitely worth it, so it wasn’t worth it.
And I sat until I began to rot.
Until one day I stood up and I started walking around, still in the safe zone
Until one day I realized I didn’t need this place
Everything changes and that can be really scary but it’s really just an opportunity and for however much it *****, it’ll still be worth it and everything will turnip better then it started, if you grow from it. And why not grow from it?
Asher Nov 2019
We’re alive for whatever **** reason we choose to be alive for
Asher Nov 2019
It feels familiar and warm
My friends lying on the ground, backs against the wall
His hand is swaying blindly to the music
She says she doesn’t like oldies
He says he likes oldies
I don’t mind one way or another but it felt familiar and warm and I wish it could’ve lasted longer than it had
  Nov 2019 Asher
annh
The world on call-wait,
Taps its toes and sings along,
‘How deep is your love?’
‘Not every musician should be obligated to reassure us that we are not zombies.’
- Joseph Lanza, Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong; Revised and Expanded Edition
Asher Nov 2019
Throw it in my face
Punch me in the gut
Scream it in my ear
To hell with curtesy (I’m not out so I can’t blame anyone, it’s just annoying that even with my jacket and my hair I don’t pass at all)
  Nov 2019 Asher
Casey
11 empty chairs,
12 empty hearts.

Careful, watch your step.
There's plenty of shards on the floor.
(slam)
"Could you please stop breaking the chairs?"
(slam) "sorry---wha-"
(nervous laugh) "We kinda need them to sit on...?"
(slam) (smirk) "Oh, no, you've got it wrong. Nobody needs to sit on these. Plenty of room on the floor."
Asher Nov 2019
Purple for all that’s not pink or blue
Purple for all that’s blue disguised as pink
Purple for all that’s pink disguised as blue
Purple for the sake of purple

— The End —