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The Girl I Wish I Could Know (Sad girl story edited better)

A girl was sitting a couple of desks down. She had her hair in a long brown braid, with violets tucked into it. I didn't pay much attention to her, but I did steal a glance occasionally. The girl next to me was nice enough. We talked about school. It's boring as usual. She said she’s excited about the break from school next month. I’m not. I glanced at the first girl and considered talking to her. But it’s too late, the bell rings and I have to go. 

The classroom was quiet, filled with students working on poetry assignments. Everyone was quietly skimming through their chosen poems. Everyone, except for one girl who memorized her lines. My heart skips for a second as I recognize her from earlier. She stared straight ahead, eyes glued to the empty chalkboard, her lips pressed into a thin line. As the other students took their turns, I watched silently, waiting for mine.

It was almost like she was making a show of not looking my way. Instead she twirled one of the violets between her two fingers. No one else knows they’re my favorites.

People fall out of love all the time. Ask anyone. Or better yet, ask someone who’s fresh out of a relationship. They’ll have a lot to say.

They drift apart. Or have different priorities. Sometimes people cheat or lie, sometimes they argue, sometimes they just change.

But that didn’t happen to us. 

The teacher called her up. She made eye contact with me for just a second before she read. Maybe she didn’t realize it or maybe I just imagined it; but it almost felt like she was talking to me. She said: 

“The sun can rarely meet the moon 

And when it happens everyone stands to stare 

They hold their roses new in bloom 

And wonder if they’d ever dare"

She pauses.

"In another life we’d meet again 

Have a story with a happier end."

She hesitates again. The teacher tells her to continue.

"None of this was my making 

To keep those two away 

Was another's undertaking”

My eyes followed her as she walked back to her seat. I wonder if she realized that she dropped the violet she was holding. It's almost funny, in a sick way. Do you know what they call our soft young love?

They call it “gross indecency.”

They call it a felony.

(BTW IM SUBMITTING THIS FOR A CONTEST SO ANY FEEDBACK WOULD BE APPRECIATED)

@gardenofrunar @prettiest-boy-around @chaoticcandle @seekmemystar @jamespotterbbg

also, just to add to my last post, it's ridiculous to me how many "straight" people wanna be included sooooo bad. like- the whole "super straight" bullshit they tried to pull back in 2020 or 2021 (if you're unaware, some dude on tiktok tried to make a new sexuality called "super straight" which was literally just an identity for straight men that didn't want to date trans woman, which in turn led to a big situation with terf's), why do y'all all of a sudden wanna be included so fucking bad now that us LGBTQIA+ folk actually have a community and a voice now?? y'all had years, and years, and years, and YEARS that were dedicated excluding us and lifting y'all up and now y'all want to be a part of it because you feel left out, when you're most likely not even "straight" to begin with.

another thing i take issue with: the way that the disturbing and harmful behavior of straight women likes to be swept under the rug. for example: them wanting a gay best friend so bad just so they can take advantage of their identity and complain about their boy problems (also the predatory women that like to try and "turn gay men straight" just because they find them attractive and think that every attractive man owes them heterosexuality or bisexuality). and another example: straight women that will use and manipulate lesbian or bisexual women by sleeping with them or "dating" them, just so they can have a "girl on girl action" experience to tell their future boyfriend's about because of heterosexual mens' weird ass obsession with lesbians. and the list just goes on and on, it's fucking ridiculous. homophobic men get so much attention and no one ever addresses the issue with performative female ally's that are really just homophobic and think that the LGBTQIA+ community is a way for them to be hip and cool, and for a lot of people on social media, is just a way for them to get more clout and make more money.

the whole

-“if we were all the same it would be boring!”

- “be you! you’re the only you there is”

- “let’s embrace our differences”

-“you’re not weird, just unique!”

that they teach us in elementary school should be extended into sexuality and gender issues. sick and tired of people preaching these things, then only wanting them to apply to things they’re comfortable with!

hi guys! just wanna say this for myself + others. even if you identify as lgbtq+ and have been out for a long time, or if you’re closeted and haven’t been out at all, or if you’re straight…educate yourself about gender identities and sexual orientations!!!!

This is part of being an ally (both as a straight person or as a member of the lgbtq+ community) to others. You need to teach yourself about the identities so that the work is not left in the hands of others to explain themselves to you constantly.

This also applies to other minorities. Don’t ask a POC to explain racism to you. Don’t ask women to explain misogyny to you. Don’t ask followers of Judaism to explain and defend their religion to you. Educate yourself and remove your own biases, unconscious micro-aggressions, and societally-instilled beliefs. It’s YOUR job to dismantle your harmful traits, not the people who are harmed by them.

I am SICK of people saying shit like “girlsplain” and “girl dinner” and thinking it is a cute, funny joke that everyone is in on. To YOU it is a joke, but to many of the people consuming your content, it is another way of making fun of women and femininity. By saying “girl dinner” instead of just dinner, you perpetuate the idea that women are some “other” group apart from the “regular”group (men). And saying “girlsplain” and then explaining something with slang words like “slay” and simplifying things just perpetuates the idea that women need things dumbed down and that they can’t hold coherent thoughts or express themselves eloquently. Anyway just be aware of the ways in which you are adding to your own oppression.

people making comments where ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ are used as insults or to make fun of someone and then following it with “not that there’s anything wrong with that” is the equivalent of a white person making racist comments and then justifying it with “I have a black friend.”

if you truly support the queer community, don’t perpetuate hateful beliefs by encouraging an environment where being queer is used to ridicule and ostracize others. even if you meant it as a harmless joke, there are people in the room who see your behavior as enablement for them to be hateful and homophobic and to write it off as a “joke.”

bad behavior is bad behavior. doing something in a playful manner does not erase the consequences of your actions.

Saw this and had to share. I feel the same way. Queer friendships are as close to divinity and holiness as I have ever gotten and will ever get. What a gift it is to have that community

btw this is about a girl I met at a party yesterday who opened up to me about how she is bisexual, but doesn’t feel particularly able to express that part of herself due to experiences she’s had in the past. I was just like…wow. I went through the same thing at the same time. Could we have saved each other? Could I still save her? Could I resurrect the part of her that she lost, the part that I fought for years to uncover in myself? It would have all been easier, gentler if we’d have had each other then. Maybe it can be easier and gentler now.

do you ever meet someone and they tell you about the things they’ve struggled with in the past and you’re just like … damn. I wish I would’ve been there when you were little. I could’ve saved you. You know…I could have kissed the bruises on your back…yadda yadda yadda

Describing my gender is so... Difficult and weird

Like

I'm afab

I'm fem presenting (I think I'm using that term right)

I mostly use she/her (I don't really care what pronouns you use on me, but in the outernet people use she/her so)

But calling myself a "cis girl" feels so... Uncomfy, it's like putting on a piece of clothing that looks weird on you. It's yucky I don't like it

Just remembering how I was told "you aren't bisexual, you are just a whore" when I was 12 after I came out of the closet :]

Mind you, I'm an 18 year old virgin who gave her first kiss last year

For any of my trans friends out there

GIMMICKS I BEG

REBLOG THIS

@non-tyrannical-usa GET THE LIST PLEASE

Everything is like “QUEER history” and “List of QUEER young adult books” or “Top 10 QUEER movies” and queer this and queer that and for the love of god please just say LGBT.

it's so crazy to see cishet people complaining abt lgbtq+ people being openly lgbtq+ like oh I'm sorry was it your turn to shine your heterosexuality to the world as if you haven't been doing that since humans started understanding the concept of sexuality?????

don't tell me homophobia doesn't exist when me and my friend (both girls) got in trouble in 8th grade for simply holding hands while straight couples could grope each other with no consequences.

(we weren't a couple)

ITS OKAY to not feel so great abt yourself when you find out you're a part of the lgbtqia+ community!! you've most likely been told your whole life that cishet is the only correct way of being a human, so take your time with fully accepting yourself!!! just know you are loveddddddd even when you don't love yourself atm <3333

straight people say queer parents can't be good parents, but it's always the straights who have a problem with boys/girls being kids and playing with dolls/trucks

The world has told me my love is not normal,

Because it does not fit into the categories any love should fit.

But as different as my love is, it is still love and it is still immortal,

Even if it is not the same way the "usual" love ought to be.

(what I feel like every time someone questions how I feel love as an aroace/how queer love works)