Colephon

Cole ▫️ They/them ▫️ pessimist who’s pitifully bad at prose ▫️ don’t know where I am either the art block goes wild

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Colephon

Cole ▫️ They/them ▫️ pessimist who’s pitifully bad at prose ▫️ don’t know where I am either the art block goes wild

Writings

Followers

Following

Different in the Dark

Colephon

1 min read

We pride ourselves in individuality In how unique we can become. But we all follow the same rules In the aims to be someone.

Out in society we apply ourselves To dress codes But look, my cuff links are different Dude, you look like a penguin And that’s not a compliment.

But none of that changes what happens When we recede to our own spaces. Doesn’t matter the gender, Or difference between r...

Poetry

Humour

Mom and Dad

Colephon

1 min read

My father taught me to treat others with kindness, My mother taught me to hold me ground. My father taught me how to argue succinctly, My mother taught me patience unbound.

My mother and father taught me respect— What it feels like to have it, to reciprocate and expect. They taught things worth loving Are things I should protect.

My mother taught me compliments don’t have to be about my body, My...

Poetry

Drama

Some Things Change

Colephon

1 min read

The Ark You used to wanna be a fashion designer, Now you walk in trios like mean girls remade With besties who talk shit behind your back, As you complain to me about how they behave.

You used to lie with me atop a floor of pillows, We’d sleep for hours into the afternoon. Now you wear makeup, Highlights in straightened hair and no longer visit my room.

And we don’t talk but I want you to kno...

Poetry

Mystery

Oh Hell

Colephon

1 min read

It’s easy to get lost in the underworld, In the styles of darkness and bone. It’s easy to immerse yourself in its magic, Forgetting the place you called home.

It’s easy to feel drawn to a different path, Coaxed to a life not your own. It’s easy to want to validate your wrath, Even if it comes with a tombstone.

It’s easy, so easy, to dig yourself deep In the pits that Hell can provide. But believ...

Poetry

Drama

My Grandma Never Told Me

Colephon

1 min read

My grandmother always told me She loved me But I never listened. And now that she’s dead, I can never be forgiven.

I wonder how she thought of me, I wonder how she felt, I wonder was she lonely, Or content in her hell.

For she treated my mother like A child of another, Had her beaten apart by her own older brother, Made her quit her job for a stranger’s wedding, Attacked her character in every ...

Poetry

Drama

New Start

Colephon

1 min read

I guess I’m out of practice, But conversation flowed so easy I got to know another one Without worrying if he even sees me.

He’s ambiguous with gender Critical in his thoughts He has relationship experience But emotional connection’s what he sought.

He likes Southern food Though I can’t agree. He enjoys playing games In good company.

He drove me up an hour To drive back the same alone We sang ...

Poetry

Romance

Sitting In a VC

Colephon

1 min read

Sitting in a vc At 9am, We’re braining a storm While wracking our heads.

A lyric, A sonnet, A bunch of regrets; That string of words That’ll make them mesh.

You’ve got tidbits of concepts Such cruel irony, Attempting a poem while Sitting in a vc.

From transcribing to hyperbolizing, There’s options galore; Keep the similes in line, Take the routine thesaurus tour.

Sift phrases from the trash, ...

Poetry

Intimacy

Colephon

1 min read

I miss the days of easy intimacy When I could step out of class and right into an embrace, When lunchtimes could be spent with an easy arm over my shoulder, When free moments came with hair ruffles And cuddle puddles atop beanbags. Giggles in the air, shuffling to get comfortable, until The rest. I miss that tranquility of intimacy. When a hand would trace slow circles on my knee, When fingers wo...

Poetry

Nondisclosure Disagreement

Colephon

1 min read

The pin dropped.

“HOW COULD YOU?!” Her arms flew in the air, slamming the door behind them as she took menacing steps toward him across the tiled floor.

“I didn’t know!” Hands held in surrender as he hid his face from her glare.

“How could you not know!” She seethed under her breath, suddenly remembering they weren’t the only ones in the building.

Her eyes held a fire he had only ever seen ...

Drama

Western

Across Each Spider-Verse

Colephon

1 min read

Close enough to touch, They swung and flew, She danced, He drew, But the space only grew, Until universes stood between them. Unable to see or hear, Much less fly, The entwining of their lives the consequence of one spider. A web far out of their control...

Poetry

YA fiction