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lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 13m

i thought i wanted us to give magic to the world. now, all i want is my partner back.

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 1h

it's a psychic wound you can't conceal
closing, opening, never heals
it's a cosmic cheque you never cashed
curse the universe for what you lack

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 2h

someday i'm gonna be somebody people want

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 3h

it was the raging storm
of a foreign war
and a face i'd seen before

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 4h

there's something inherently violent even about dice rolls. it's like every time you cast a die, something disappears. some alternative ending, or an entirely different world...

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 5h

“I AM YOUR KING!”
“you were always my king. you used to know that once.”

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 6h

they tell me, “grief is just love letting go”
they say it like milk has been spilled on the floor

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 7h

when you love the doctor, it's like loving the stars themselves. you don't expect a sunset to admire you back.

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 8h

“you betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything that i ever stood for, you let me down!”
“then why are you helping me?”
“why? do you think i care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?”

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 9h

she's solid. she’s a fixed point, and if she’s there, i know exactly where i stand, exactly what i’m doing, relative to her.

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 9h

“i wish you wouldn't look at me like that.”
“like what?”
“i don't know,” i hesitated. “like you could love me.”

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 10h

all i am is somehow because of you, and believe me when i say i cannot bear that.

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 11h

love comes and goes,
but the big black dog, he trails along
am i the only one who knows him?

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 12h

should i run a million miles away from every memory of you?

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 13h

“i was gonna be with you forever.”
“i know.”
“rest of my life.”

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 14h

he loved the sun so much he was willing to die just to be able to touch her, only momentarily. i think that’s what you are for me.

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 15h

“i'm so sick of losing.”
“you didn't lose. you saved the town.”
“i don't mean the war. i'll lose any war you like. i'm sick of losing people.”

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 16h

when the scale tipped,
when you inherited a fight that you were born to lose
it’s not your fault, no it’s not your fault
i put this heavy heart in you

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 17h

human. you are human. along with all the failures and terrible mistakes that come with being human.

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 18h

you two are connected by a pure coincidence,
bound to him by blood
but baby, it's all relative

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 20h

someday i'm gonna be somebody people want

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 21h

lancaster- orion, listen to me, please don’t do this-

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 22h

did the real me corrupt the fantasy?
did i spoil the view?

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 23h

to be trans is to be your own pallbearer,
to carry the weight of a dead person around with you

lichen @mosstwigs.bsky.social · 1d

you're not alone,
the world is small,
and i am sick of all the talk of finding purpose