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"you've been brushed by the need for something greater, your head waits for a crown." In which a girl writes down everything from 2 am thoughts to afternoon drabbles to empowering poems in hopes it all means something.

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the suffering of heroes

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by daisysjohnson

by daisysjohnson

question one: are you your era's atlas?
no | yes

question two: you've been tasked with carrying this world, have you not?
no | yes

question three: the fates of all the lives in which you bear weigh heavy on your soul. they are heavy, aren't they?
no | yes

question four: will they fall if your strength falters?
no | yes | i hope not

question five: you've grown tired, haven't you?
no | yes

question six: your back is aching. your muscles are trembling in exhaustion. will you lay this load down?
no | yes

question seven: do you wish you could?
no | yes | i never had the luxury of that choice