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Mark Anthony's avatar

Very beautiful literature keep up with your writing

celeste's avatar

thank you so much!! this comment means so much to me!!

xins ꩜ αΆ» 𝗓 .ᐟ's avatar

wow this is so beautiful cel!!!!!! πŸ₯Ή i love how you compared how people are practically always moving forward with the waves β€” expressing that it’s okay to not want to progress like everyone is, and that it’s more important to find your footing so beautifully 🀍 this brought some calm to me, and i really love your writing :(

celeste's avatar

thank you!! im so glad you dug so deep into this - thats exactly what i was hoping for!! i love youuuuu

Em's avatar

stunning!!! felt it all strongly <3

celeste's avatar

thank you so much!! this means a lot!!

Lucia's avatar

this was so stunning and emotional <333

celeste's avatar

i love you lucia!!! thank you for reading it!!!

joanna's avatar

this means... a lot. i'm in a phase where i'm unsure how to move forward in life and... this just expresses it. thank you for this lovely poem...

celeste's avatar

im so glad it resonated!! this means so much!!

caroline cherry's avatar

so beautiful 😭

celeste's avatar

thank you loveee

MaybeMariaπŸ“š's avatar

I loved this - such a powerful read. Your words felt abstractly perfect. I really connected with the line, β€œI drifted from interest to interest like a bottle passed hand to hand, each person shaking me gently, checking if I still held something worth keeping.”

This world asks so much of us when we’re all just trying to stay afloat, riding wave after wave, doing what we can to survive it all. Truly a beautiful post.πŸ’™

hot chai β˜•οΈ's avatar

celeste, "i mistook momentum for meaning", that line is going to stay with me for a loooong time! this whole piece reads like finally exhaling after holding your breath underwater, and i hope you find that shoreline that just lets you wring the salt from your hair :)

yl's avatar

So beautiful! <3

hana's avatar

you write so beautifully!!

Layyyy's avatar

Oh how I love the waters.

ray's rhapsody's avatar

yeah when you're poet laureate or win a Pulitzer for poetry I can say i knew you then

may | Ω…ΩŽΩŠΩ‘'s avatar

Crying, this is so beautifully written; I loved the ending sm <3

Ella πŸͺπŸŽ©πŸ’«'s avatar

You have a way with words that pulls me in like a magnet, sweet celeste, this is utterly radiant, as are you 🀍

Suesan Therriault's avatar

I love this. For a while it felt like you were describing my life. Then I realized you were describing my life.

Sara Krane (βœΏβ— β€Ώβ— )'s avatar

Celeste. This is so stunning.

β€œi’m tired of being seaworthy.

tired of proving i can survive

storms i didn’t summon.”

Such a beautiful and mystifying piece. Loved every minute of it