Ivy Witten

Creating is the best way to fight the demons.

Sometimes writer, all times over-caffeinated

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My soul aches.

"So create."

The monsters seem smaller when they're made of paper and ink, crumpled up to zeros and ones and sent off into the ether.

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@cpromp I see you. And I got a notification you tweeted.

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"A heretic in the theocracy. A murderer in the glens. What is it you seek?" Her gnarled knuckles wrapped the mug and raised the tepid drink to her cracked teeth.

"I seek answers."

"You seek death."

#MuseMon

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The twins were opposites in every way. While he could put anyone at ease, she wore an ominous air like a cloak.

Her brother asleep beside her, she watched me over the fire. "What do you know of the Mordag?" she purred.

#vss365

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@cpromp That is truly the hottest of takes.

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Her voice once pulled me from nightmares, but now it's stitched with hatred. "You betray your family. Cavort with heretics," she spits. "You've changed."

Some deep part of me fractures as I draw my blade. "I cannot stomach the madness any longer. I'm sorry."
#bravewrite

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@ElshaHawk I took a class on modern poetry in college. I have never felt stupider. I'll stick with poetry I can decipher.

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I saw her there, still 18, curled in the corner of the Fleischmann's bottle. Fists bruised, nails torn, voice raw, she looked small. I forgave her. You can't be a mother from a glass prison.

#vss365 #autobiography

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Papa taught me morality- how to work hard and be fair. He pointed to the city and her welfare queens. He worked for what he had. Papa never saw that those boot straps he pulled up also stomped down.

#bravewrite

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Ah, the smell of grease, sweat, and BBQ Beru.

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@Iron_Spike Random thing in my 100+ year old house: the frame is raw lumber. Just like trees with the bark still on. Got a big surprise when putting up drywall.

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A shift to the right, an outstretched palm, the sour smell of wet iron joining the night, and the city's orphaned ranks swell by two.

#vss365

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@SuddenlySapphic I bought a wooden pull box. I painted it pretty colors. I refilled it every Sunday when I tidied my room. That worked for like a month... and I never actually finished painting it.

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@BarlowAdams I hate having to go to the doctor for regular sick. "Does it hurt?" I mean, yeah. Everything hurts, all the time, for no reason. "Are you fatigued?" I don't understand the question. A fucking storm cloud makes me fatigued. I don't know if this is different. Just do a blood test.

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@AllisonAuthor I would be unemployed.

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@FarahHeron @UzmaWrites @monashroffwrite @Sonali_Dev @saradesaiwrites @LillieLabyrinth @SuleenaBibra @suleikhasnyder @Nishawrites @sonya_lalli @AuthorFalguni @AnnikaSharma Thanks for the list! And for some great books that I plowed through waaay too fast!!

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Hey #WritingCommunity & #readingcommunity

I've really been digging romances with South Asian or Muslim characters lately. I've read everything by @UzmaWrites and @FarahHeron in the past week. Any other recommendations?

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This room is the refuge: the eye of the cyclone. Dr. Dan says to measure danger in meters.

5m out: nothing can hurt me.
100m out: beyond the walls, who knows?

I've been sorry before, so today I choose safe.

#vss365

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@KimPlasket I find that my physical and mental health issues feed off each other and can spiral at the same time. It's rough. Hugs.

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@tcmacmanus I love nature so much, I'm going to suffocate it in 900 cubic feet of non-biodegradable plastic!

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@AllisonAuthor Avoid, at all costs. If I want a rom-com, I want something light and fun. Not something about to trigger a PTSD flashback.