the loudest thoughts come out to play at night, demons crawling on all fours out of the shadows, the thoughts buzzing through my brain at rapid pace. beside me, my boyfriend breathes softly, his exhales tickling the thin hairs on my arm as i lie awake, tossing and turning with only the ceiling fan maintaining the steady, ambient noise.
silence is so fucking loud.
the ceiling fan is keeping me company tonight, quelling my inner monologue and i appreciate it for that. i wonder how many rotations the ceiling fan does in a minute. maybe counting the rotations will help me fall asleep.
i fill my life up with podcasts, music, anything to run away from my own thoughts. sometimes i wonder if the magic in the world will ever return or if its gone for good.
sometimes i wonder if the music, the shows, the art that i like even matter if no one else in my circle gives a shit about my wants and opinions. in a small posse of intense, judgmental personalities and varying interests, i wonder if anyone will listen – all i want is to be heard.
im learning to stand up for myself – i mean, ive always known how to fight back, but when it comes to my friend group, i feel like im always compromising.
im so FUCKING god damn tired of compromising.
im not that generous, and maybe were all selfish and unaware of our behavior, how some of us steamroll others more than desired (and it is never desired), how some of us are tonedeaf to those were supposed to genuinely give shits about, how some of us seem to believe their interests are more important.
i love my friends, but i question whether they love me.
maybe one day, ill fight through the pain of life, learn to be less sensitive to ignorant comments and negativity, be able to accept that people give a shit. maybe one day, ill find my way back to sanity.
maybe im just a small fish in a small pond, and thats all ill ever be.
“guess hell on earth needs company.”
hell on earth, for sure. at least the demons will always be there (for company, you know).
GFY, fleur
pardon my emotions 
My heart hurts for you because I’ve been there and am kind of in a way dealing with it right now. It sucks so much. I hope it all gets better for you.
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thank you 🥺 it helps me that misery love company lol, i just need to work on myself. i appreciate the kind words so much and i hope u stay strong as well x
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i relate to this so hard, i feel like i didn’t even realize until quite recently how much i had been nothing but a supply for one group of narcissists after another throughout my life. it’s like your friends are vampires and you think you are too, but you’re just a blood doll to them, and when they’re done with you they’ll find another. i realized that i have to be fierce about my boundaries, and stop all contact with people that disrespect or evade them
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yes! im trying to create boundaries. its funny my boyfriend says ill end up alone because i push people away and i build up my walls. im afraid ill push him away too. i still love my core group (theyre like family and ive felt like theyve noticed my pain), ive just needed to part ways with my narcissist of a highschool best friend, who forces toxic positivity and dominates every convo. maybe im just dealing with a lot now, and sometimes i think im the toxic one because ive been picking fights with EVERYONE for the past few weeks hahaah
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