The Ballad of Orpheus (Excerpt)
☀︎ HE DIDN’T MEAN TO DO IT. He really, really, didn’t.
It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Nate left the house early, under the impression that he would be able to make it back home in one piece before breakfast.
He was wrong. So damn wrong that everything hurt.
☀︎ TUCKED AWAY, hidden behind cliffs and snow-topped trees, laid a boy in moist grass. The fresh blades dug into the back of his shirt, leaving green stains mixed with vermillion.
No one would ever think a 12-year old boy would be stupid enough to run off to the woods after a blizzard, much less go near the freaking coal mines. But what else was he supposed to do?
The sky was a dull blue, the clouds painted in soft pink. From afar, the outline of deep orange seemed to wrap around the Earth, ready to encase it in its warmth.
The promise of another day felt tantalizing. He wished to reach out to the comfort of its rays; the sun’s blinding light.
But the sun would never rise. No, not for him, not anymore. No matter how much he’d pray for one last glimpse, the gold light will never shine onto him; for the star had no time to visit, and he never got to feel that warmth again.
Within the green, shielded by a mother’s calloused hands, was a musician’s final curtain call.
☀︎ THIS IS A STORY about a boy named Nathaniel, and it begins at the end, with Nate dying before the sunrise.
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LBM making snow angels with Sam and Tucker
Some snow angels for your dash :)
this book is a dumpster fire, and NOT THE FUN KIND!
i just got to part two of the third notebook, i am not okay. what the hell yozo
i think it’s very fun to read from different perspectives, okay. it’s interesting to dissect a protagonist and piece together how they got there and make some sense in what they’re doing
i still think the writing for this book is beautiful but yozo you need to TONE IT DOWNN. i know you’ve been through it but that’s not an excuse
i feel so bad for tsuneko, shizuko, shigeko, and yoshiko (a 17 YEAR OLD MIND YOU) like girl don’t marry him, RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN😭
and the way yozo was talking about her age and virginity, that was SUPER DUPER ICKY someone come save this girl PLEASE
on a side note, i am very VERY nervous for what’s about to go down in the last two sections of this book. i saw the trigger warnings, and im absolutely dreading it. i know i did this to myself by picking up this book but im too lost in the sauce guys, its so bad i cant look away
my initial mentality while reading was “okay, let’s just get this over with” BUT NO. WE’RE DRAWING IT OUT
anyways this is an interesting read 😆
just started to read no longer human by osamu dazai. so far, it’s pretty interesting! i’m maybe halfway? through the second notebook
when i was reading the back, the summary mentioned how it was one of dazai’s last complete works and that just suddenly reminded me of a vid i saw of someone basically describing the book as his suicide letter, and i can see why
i don’t know too much about his life. it’s just a bit sad to think that this book was him laying himself bare under the guise of yozo, as if to finally tell people,”this is how it really feels”
that sense of feeling alienated from everybody is personal, and it feels strange to read it out on paper after going on for so long not knowing how to articulate it
the perspective of yozo does have his faults, i know that he’s an unreliable narrator, he does some fucked up things, and his opinions definitely were a product of its time. i just think it shows just how human he really was; he’s flawed.
like when he describes how he didn’t feel like he was loved while growing up, just taken care of. for me that really just illustrates how detached he was, his isolation clouded his judgement. because while yes the people in his life may have just taken care of him and nothing else, there’s also the probability that they really did love him
the writing style is beautiful. i’m not really sure where this will go. i know this is kind of a lot for only the first two sections i just think too much lol
“just be normal” i think your normal is very different from my normal !
i love writing poetry but looking at some of my stuff from middle school makes me want to retract that statement
like why the hell did i write a poem abt crying in the bathroom and using my tears to shower with??
why did i write about a christmas party i went to (there was no message behind this one😭 no play on words or ANYTHING)
what was i on 🙁 (hormones. i was on hormones 😞)
i wish they sold moon cakes in my area
how much do i have to hate myself to sign up for 3 ap classes
today might just be my 13th reason
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I CANT ESCAPE IT
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can someone explain to me why the HELL I keep seeing some guy who’s head is the shape of a COWBOY HAT on my DASHBOARD
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