The-Isabelle-Brinan

I am SO sorry I haven’t written anything for the past month! I am doing amazing, it’s 1am and this week alone has been so surreal that I’m suffer from derealization a little, but damn it, it’s so f**king worth it! The big new first: On the 25th of August at 08:18, my sister gave birth to the most beautiful baby ever, Lola. She had been having pains since Thursday and all of us were on edge up until Monday when she was finally born, we stayed up all night Sunday just in case and were exhausted by the time she was born. With a massive family like mine I have seen lots of my cousin’s having their first, then seco

Hey, I've been going through some personal things over this past year. At one point I felt I was a shell of a person. But now I'm back and I've realised what I want to do with my life. I want to be happy. And every decision I make from now on will be in aid of that. I don't contribute any of my own work to this website, but I love being on here. So even if I don't contribute artwork, I'll still be here.

“I am not the first person you loved. You are not the first person I looked at with a mouthful of forevers. We have both known loss like the sharp edges of a knife. We have both lived with lips more scar tissue than skin. Our love came unannounced in the middle of the night. Our love came when we’d given up on asking love to come. I think that has to be part of its miracle. This is how we heal. I will kiss you like forgiveness. You will hold me like I’m hope. Our arms will bandage and we will press promises between us like flowers in a book. I will write sonnets to the salt of sweat on your skin. I will write novels to the s