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A Substitute for Time Travel by DSteffi, literature

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A Substitute for Time Travel

It’s been nagging at me for months now, like a shadow to my shadow; incessant in its presence. And now that I don’t have papers and books to rush reading, it’s been tugging on my sleeves more than usual; a storm cloud in an otherwise pristine blue sky. And for that length of time I remembered one of the core reasons I started writing: You immortalize people when you write them. Names and lives you’ve never heard of live on in paper as poems and sonnets and stories. The lovers without happy endings are engraved in the letters they sent each other, that were never read. Someone who has dreamed on the stars ce

One Way Ticket to La La Land by DSteffi, literature

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One Way Ticket to La La Land

Every book about biology would tell me my chest is made of a ribcage, my bones strong but capable of breaking. I know that my lungs are what allow me to breathe, and my feet that make me turn. But no page from the memory of history would ever tell me that music is what’ll truly make me hear and soar to places even my imagination could never think of. No classroom would ever teach me that the scent of rain would take you back to the life of a person you could have had, nor will a high score on a test ever make me see the blood and the sweat on every brushstroke of a painting. My lungs would never run out of steam without lov

Parallel Earth by DSteffi, literature

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Parallel Earth

I wonder what happened today on the other side of the world or even a hundred kilometres from here as I woke to the sound of an alarm and an almost fully risen sun. What thoughts did they first have or were they still asleep— perhaps they didn’t doze at all. Was there a book beside their bed about a hundred-and-fifty pages to the end or was their lover’s arm wrapped around them instead? What stories could be told or could have been in the times I stared off into the wall making out minutes that was better than what I had. Does the person with my name in another timezone think about these possibilities as they w

A Year and a Lightyear by DSteffi, literature

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A Year and a Lightyear

We like to think we’re thousands of miles above the core of the earth, but some days, when we can taste rain on our tongues and it doesn’t pour, we can feel the distance between the tips of our fingers and the clouds; the air in our lungs a tease. And I remember now, that I’ve never stood in a downpour or much less danced in one; petrichor soaking my feet. I was always either afraid of catching a cold or looking dumb: a girl with bare legs catching a portion of the seas. But maybe that’s why I mumble words when you look at me, why I’m reluctant to believe I’ve found home in a warmth that isn’t

Footfalls of a Whisper by DSteffi, literature

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Footfalls of a Whisper

When you’re standing in the balance between two breaths and euphoria, the faintest sounds dangling by your ear, you could feel the ground shift just the tiniest bit, but enough, enough to make you fall in an abyss lighter than the clouds you’ve never touched, fingers saturated with wanderlust you couldn’t begin to imagine. The smallest hummingbird and the largest whale long for this quickly dissipating dream more than you and me combined, and we dream of it too often. It isn’t something we remember when all the thoughts we think have gone away, rather, it is a gust of wind against our skin on a cold, crisp mor

A Game with Lightyears by DSteffi, literature

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A Game with Lightyears

I think about all the wishes I made on every birthday cake, on every coin I tossed in a wishing well, on every random star I picked whether it was shooting or not. How they’ve gathered through the years, dusty with all my metaphors and forgetfulness, a centimetre away from completely fading. They were like roses in full bloom— heavy with distant breaths and light as they scattered through the air. But these days my wishes are simple, thrown to clouds and flowers that are not daffodils: to be able to sleep without dreaming and to wake without wanting to go back to sleep. The stars don’t stare at me the same way they

Songs Souls Sing by DSteffi, literature

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Songs Souls Sing

You can’t measure the sadness in poems the way you can’t measure love; there is no distance between lines that could ever justify a tear that’s been shed out in the open without anyone ever seeing it. They don’t tell us anymore that the most fragile part of us cannot be seen, a soul running rampant when you drink a cup of euphoria but remains bound to your bones as you fracture from every punch that doesn’t touch your skin. There are ghosts in each of us haunting the shadows of our steps, trapped in our skeletons, cracking as we count the minutes to the next time we let it loose, or fill to the brim. Whe

The Silence of Lies by DSteffi, literature

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The Silence of Lies

Did you ever wonder how many pieces of me you could catch in one hand? How many regrets and crumpled lines of poetry I never even knew I had? Because some days, holding myself together feels like I’m under the ocean with my mouth wide open, gasping for air. And I know there’s a sky above me, just as blue and just as endless that it seems near impossible for me not to see it, but that’s what happens. That’s what happens on the days I can’t look you in the eye to tell you what’s wrong, so you find me behind the words you read all bent and distorted, so abstract they’re almost poetic. You can

Where Shooting Stars Go by DSteffi, literature

Stars and Clouds by DSteffi, literature

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Stars and Clouds

Sometimes I want my feelings to have temporary amnesia— for me to forget, on a small plea from the clock, that they’re tangible, real, and intertwined into my senses. I want to be innocent and ignorant of my life for a while, to be another person in the same body but not trapped, not bound by the strings in my bones I forgot I put there. I want to be free in the sense I make of the word; utterly adrift in the embrace of the wind like tinder kissed by fire, made strong by every breath. I want these things, want and want and want them for the days I feel like climbing on a cloud and disappearing, to travel the world and the gal

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A Substitute for Time Travel by DSteffi, literature

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A Substitute for Time Travel

One Way Ticket to La La Land by DSteffi, literature

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One Way Ticket to La La Land

Parallel Earth by DSteffi, literature

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Parallel Earth

A Year and a Lightyear by DSteffi, literature

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A Year and a Lightyear

Footfalls of a Whisper by DSteffi, literature

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Footfalls of a Whisper

A Game with Lightyears by DSteffi, literature

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A Game with Lightyears

Songs Souls Sing by DSteffi, literature

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Songs Souls Sing

The Silence of Lies by DSteffi, literature

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The Silence of Lies

Where Shooting Stars Go by DSteffi, literature

Stars and Clouds by DSteffi, literature

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Stars and Clouds

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Five Things the Wolf Told the Moon by Seilf, literature

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Five Things the Wolf Told the Moon

I still think about you, maybe the way an asteroid remembers the planets it used to revolve around but we are different now. Every good thing dies, and I’m sorry I was the one to fall out of love but I won’t pretend that I thought we’d last forever-- my mind was restless fingers fraying the seams of what we wove together but I hope you’re happy the way the tides are when they touch the shore; I pray that the ocean reminds you that it’s okay to let go of what you hold dear because we were good together and now we’re somewhere new.

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Artist // Student // Literature

Deviant for 12 years
She / Her

Favourite Visual Artist

Too many to count, let alone list.

Favourite Movies

See above.

Favourite TV Shows

If it's a good anime, I probably like it.

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Daughtry, Kodaline

Favourite Books

The Shadow of the Wind

Favourite Writers

Every writer I watch on this site.

Tools of the Trade

Words and their souls.

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Traditional art, classical music

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DSteffi

Jan 26, 2015

Hey Guys :3

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It's been a tough few weeks. I've been dealing with my mental issues and it's not been easy. Reactions from my loved ones and closest friends have been varied. It's all been overwhelming. But surely and slowly, I'm getting better. You guys know I don't usually post journals or updates, so this is pretty kind of new-ish. But there are better news. I have submitted 6 of my poems to Aleola Journal of Poetry and Art and am currently awaiting for their response. I may get rejected, but it was worth a try. To other poets or writers out there who would want to submit their work as well, here is the link: http://aleolajournal.weebly.com. For those

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DSteffi

Jun 18, 2014

coming up with titles for journal entries is hard

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I want to write. I want to write. I want to write. School says no. And I thought I was busy in high school.

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DSteffi

Apr 1, 2014

Here we go

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NAPOWRIMO day 1. Let all hell break loose.

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bubbybubbles12

Jul 15, 2017

I hope you have a fantastic day!

inthespacebetween

Apr 13, 2017

thanks much for the watch!

LaurenIpsome

Nov 20, 2016

Thanks for the

on "The Old Fisherman"

DamaiMikaz

Oct 5, 2016

Thanks for adding [Inktober] 01 Business to your collections. I'm happy that you like the piece

ViciousGalan

Sep 17, 2016

Just wanted to voice my appreciation for your works in a general sense. I find myself sucked into the imagery of the metaphors yet the meassages are conveyed very tactfully. I look forward to reading more.

DSteffi

Sep 18, 2016

This means a lot. Thank you very much!

cwedmart

Sep 14, 2016

I know this is long overdue but thank you for swinging by my page and reading!