Vladimir Mayakovsky, from a letter featured in "Love in the Heart of Everything; The Correspondence between Vladimir Mayakovsky & Lili Brik, 1915-1930,"
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Let's suffer, let's shout, let's wait, let's become dull, but be mine, let's love each other without respite, without reservations, with the whole soul until the moment when our bodies become entangled. My love, my dear, my hard love, my painful, my delicious love, I dream tirelessly of our meeting. What tenderness, what sweetness, what marvelous desires, what satisfactions especially. Ah! Everything we have not yet experienced...
Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Correspondance, February 11, 1950 [#186]
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fighting time logged against self imposed architecture planned
we wake, live, breathe, plan, push, pull, fight, yearn, love, hate
we seem to think can control who we love, trust, confide
we see those around us and still fight with visions of dream or,
youth , a plan laid out we are unwilling to let go and truly accept
we fight our hearts, spilling blood, losing sleep, bruising our minds
we feel because we can select our ingredients from the store
how many grains of rice we cook, the type of tomatoes we chop
how long we bake the bread, what time the meal should be eaten
we ignore the moment love hits like a random violent car accident
we don't dwell on the friend that no matter what has stayed true
without hesitation know who we trust, with life, things and time
if we took the time to truly just love those that took the space,
in our hearts, to nurture, protect, enjoy and embrace
we would realize how tiring fighting the stigma of disbelief,
of our selfish visions and inflated control, we would feel absolutely
terrible for the time we have wasted, the control we didn't have,
the right to weld, the moments we should have let go and,
embraced versus the whispers of our minds the temporary
I am done fighting my mind, done losing the little moments if,
grabbed heal the soul, done keeping a straight face when I want,
to laugh, and done being scared and looking for reasons I'm not,
good enough to be loved, and spend that time relishing it
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“shhh, shhh..I know, I know..” with finnick pls 🥺
pairing: finnick odair x fem!reader
warnings: this takes place after the poison fog, r is badly injured and finnick takes care of her
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You twitch against Finnick’s chest in the tall grass, rough like sandpaper against your wounded face. You’re covered head to toe in blisters from the fog, eyes half lidded as you begin to lose consciousness from the pain.
Katniss’ strangled wail is muffled and far away in your ears and you barely register the words.
“The water! The water helps.”
You drag yourself from where you’ve collapsed on top of your fiancé; crawling along on your elbows, you make it a couple of feet at most before you’re exhausted; your entire body is burning, skin raw, every little touch flaring up every nerve ending inside of you.
There’s a rustling next to you as Finnick is lifted and dragged to the shallow pool of water a few feet away; there’s a splash and a gurgled scream as Katniss and Peeta start to clean his blistered skin.
“Finnick,” you gasp, your concern for him overriding the searing pain for a split second. “Finn,” you croak again, eyes heavy.
It’s quiet for a minute, the only sound the whispering of leaves brushing against each other. All the while you lay face down, trying to peel your eyes open where they feel like they’ve been superglued shut.
Thick fingers pull at your jaw and your head turns; your neck is stiff and the touch feels like the lick of a flame against your bulging wounds.
“C’mon,” It’s Peeta. “Gotta get you to the water.”
“It’s okay, I’ve got her,” comes Finnick’s voice and his hands pull you up by the armpits. You hiss and squirm away from his hold, the skin on skin contact causing too much pain.
“I know, honey, I’m sorry.” He speaks in that soft voice you love, the one reserved just for you. “It’ll feel better soon.”
He lowers you into the water and you scream. It’s a pain unlike any you’ve ever felt before, white-hot and scalding. It’s like you’re bleeding from every pore.
“Shhh, shhh… I know, I know.” He winces as the blisters start to lodge free from your skin and you relax, sagging in his arms.
“‘S better,” you slur. Your eyes snap open as you grapple for purchase against Finnick’s neck; your thumb rubs circles into his cheek. “You’re okay? You’re sure you’re okay?”
He laughs, incredulous that even at a time like this, he’s where your worries lie. Pointed teeth glare back at you as you thumb at his bottom lip and smile.
“I’m fine. Just worried about you.”
“I feel better. I’m okay now.”
His muscular arms engulf you, wrapping around your waist now it’s finally safe to touch you again.
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