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I wish I could paint: then I’d paint you a sky I wish I had wings: I would escape and fly high I wish I had a paintbrush In my hand right now: Then I could make you look more Like the ‘you’ that I dream about In my dreams, you are A flower boy, softer, more kind I imagine flowers blooming in your heart The way you make them bloom in mine In my dreams, you are a wayfarer Traversing galaxies with me

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Poetry

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witchcraft

The young girl beams into her screen And makes herself look more seen She’s got a flair for pink tones And a neon glow Without which she can hardly be Adds a little filter here and there Taking control of her narrative, How does she dare? No longer is she…

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Poetry

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‘spaceboy’ stands for all the space between us

-poetry Spaceboy kindles starlight in his palms And in his words, a song beats on Song like an intergalactic ocean But Spaceboy lives too damn far & occasionally sweeps in like a lark & unsettles my once-unbothered orbit — Eyes sweet & smooth as cherry sorbet And Spaceboy shoots sunshine…

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‘spaceboy’ stands for all the space between us
‘spaceboy’ stands for all the space between us
Poetry

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Oct 24, 2020

On Music and Emasculation

Lift-Me-Ups by Diya Sabharwal Playlist · 28 Songs · Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com On Music and Emasculation I sent my friend a song and he replied saying ‘it’s okay, I guess, but it’s too girly.’ Which made me wonder what, exactly, about a sound, makes it girly? Because this is a boy who listens primarily to indie music, not rap/ rock that’s traditionally…

Music

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On Music and Emasculation
On Music and Emasculation
Music

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Oct 22, 2020

OH NO

mediums new updates are weird. i was not ready for these new changes. bleh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9JhU2fXet8 watch this video it made me nearly die of satisfaction. chimamanda is my queen. im trying to write college essays but all of them just freaking suck, why dont artsists ever like the art that…

Viral

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Viral

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Oct 10, 2020

What I’ve Learnt from Medium Blogging

My top tips for beginning writers – after having blogged my life for almost a year — People really love to search ocean vuong’s name (I get new reads for that article almost every day! It’s not even my best work!) People really love hearing about my love life – those posts are what I get the most comments/ private messages on (funny because what I have…

How To Start Blogging

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How To Start Blogging

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Published in The Wordsmith

·Jul 3, 2020

On Pride

By Saayesha Chandrani Pride Month is celebrated every June in tribute to those involved in the Stonewall Riots.Pride is a monthlong LGBT+ celebration, protest, and act of political activism in the US. The history of Pride — as well as the larger LGBT rights movement — dates back to the…

Pride

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Pride

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Published in The Wordsmith

·Jul 1, 2020

If My Love Is Unholy

By Zara Javed Let me start, with this: I am, a woman, And I love, a woman And you may be right, but I am not wrong Just because you love a man, and I don’t You call me, unholy. But how can I be so, When the same god…

Pride

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Pride

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Jun 19, 2020

life update

Remember the confession about my height I posted a couple days ago? Well, LMFAO, because I don’t have to lie about my height anymore. …

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Advice

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·Jun 17, 2020

BLACK YET BEAUTIFUL

Arushi Malhotra — God, Paint my flesh with the colour you want, For whatever the colour might be, Black, brown, white or even multicoloured, That is not who I am. Cause the colour of my skin doesn’t define me, Nor does the race I belong to, For I am more than the label you define me by, With a personality that is often overlooked. I am a human just like you, With the same red blood flowing in my veins,

Poetry On Medium

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Poetry On Medium

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