Matthew

“I have wrestled with the angel and I am stained with light and I have no shame.” | Resident Casanova • Poets Apparition | Above all, f i c t i t i o u s.

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

IN THE BEGINNING /

a wish to burn bright but stars hang amidst the void as a harkening — Icarus, the warning & the martyr. . . /
It’s MYTH :
angels learn to weep , of
heaven’s metamorphosis , so
death's born shedding scales , now
evil transfigures knowledge ,
: PENULTIMATE TRUTH

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

I have returned with soiled hands, an overflowing bin of ripped pages, and drowned metaphors.
Summer must be approaching.

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

‘Why are your hands bloody?’
It's not a hello,
but it isn't a dismissal either.
It's an observation;
your eyes still know of me — the recognition matters.
I hum, sly smile tying my words.
“Hmm, a million paper cuts? Thorns and thistles? Residual nostalgia? Gardening? You choose.”

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

@BillieSkye @RomanticRaine Did someone say birthday? A congratulatory song for you then, Rainey.

[Priestess Kythereia @hiereiaa]

Happy return of Persephone and Fall Equinox 🍂

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

Fall has barely arrived. 🍂
Let's not make haste and enjoy the lovers (Persephone and Hades) reunion.

[Raine Skye @RomanticRaine]

Winter is coming 🤞🤞🤞

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

It's a secret,
a kiss,
a sin,
a love like ours —
the bitten fruit,
the forbidden desire,
you gasp,
you moan,
and it isn't God you're thinking of
or thanking when you're shuddering,
a creation unmade;
you're the devil's work.

[Silent Raven @SilentRaven00]

to taste the devil’s lips is to stand at the edge and lean in

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

It wasn't simply a meeting of gaze, when their eyes met it would be tame to compare it as two planets colliding, rather, it's more fitting to say it was a galaxy being born — a cosmic cannibalism of two great masses merging : which isn't a singular event but a continuing process.

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

@BillieSkye You sound like her legal counsel. [An amused smile.]

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

And the moon? She holds all my secrets.

[Billie Skye @BillieSkye]

“The sky knows me better than most people ever will.”

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

Two words: Mia Goth . . .

But honestly, I love Frankenstein as is. I will watch every remake, inspiration, or alternate story that is seeded by Mary Shelley's classic creation.

[Netflix @netflix]

There are two sides to every story.

Frankenstein, a film by Guillermo del Toro, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz, is coming to select theaters October 17 and on Netflix November 7.

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

My girls.

[Hellenist ☀️🏺⚡️ @RealHellenist]

The 9 Greek Muses

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

And I felt both when our eyes met.

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

The windows to the soul — an unshakable gaze.

[۟ @godsfell]

when you look into the devil’s eyes, make sure you know they’re mine.

[Dheepan Ratnam @Dheepanratnam]

A glowing Knight on horseback ⚔️🤺
Wallpaper size. Load in 4K

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

Picking up a pen to write,
picking up a sword to fight:
both leave you worn and torn,
aching, heaving, shouting for more time–
it's heavy,
and I'm tired
but
my hands are already blistered,
and the blood has already been spilled.

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

Ladies,

[Matthew @TheLaptev]

Role model.

A true romantic, he became a villain because of it — nothing matters to him but saving his dying wife.

[Aelith Loves Art𖣂 @aelith4ever]

The Fall of the Damned, by Peter Paul Rubens