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“I am the first Lost boy.
And I learned a long time ago:
If you wear wonder like a weapon,
the world won't notice when it wounds.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
And I learned a long time ago:
If you wear wonder like a weapon,
the world won't notice when it wounds.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“Do you know what it means to shine for the dying? To bottle your own guilt and call it salvation? I was never the hero. I was the bait.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“We were gods once
or maybe monsters
It's hard to tell
when your halo is just
a noose turned sideways”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
or maybe monsters
It's hard to tell
when your halo is just
a noose turned sideways”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“They call it rage—but it's just grief with barnacles on its back.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“One day, you will feel what it means to miss someone
so hard you unravel. To feel them in places that never felt haunted before. I hope it haunts you the way it haunts me.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
so hard you unravel. To feel them in places that never felt haunted before. I hope it haunts you the way it haunts me.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“He left us—
like broken toys
with sharp edges
and no purpose.
Now we stitch sails
from the skin of forgotten boys.
We sharpen our grief on coral reefs
and spit prayers into bottles
no one will open.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
like broken toys
with sharp edges
and no purpose.
Now we stitch sails
from the skin of forgotten boys.
We sharpen our grief on coral reefs
and spit prayers into bottles
no one will open.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“You took the part of him
that still believed
in something more than pain—
and dressed it up in pixie dust
so you could pretend
you gave him peace.
You don't get to twist that into legend.
You don't get to wrap your hunger
in fairy dust and dusk
and call it rescue.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
that still believed
in something more than pain—
and dressed it up in pixie dust
so you could pretend
you gave him peace.
You don't get to twist that into legend.
You don't get to wrap your hunger
in fairy dust and dusk
and call it rescue.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“I wasn't always cruel. I wanted love once.
I followed him like a secret—clinging to his shadow, fighting for the scraps of his grin.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
I followed him like a secret—clinging to his shadow, fighting for the scraps of his grin.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“You think your rage matters?
That grief makes you dangerous?
Darling, I was made from grief—
I just never learned to weep.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
That grief makes you dangerous?
Darling, I was made from grief—
I just never learned to weep.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“I don't remember falling—
just the hush before it.
Like a breath I meant to keep
but let go by accident.
Like closing my eyes mid-sentence
and forgetting the word for
stay.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
just the hush before it.
Like a breath I meant to keep
but let go by accident.
Like closing my eyes mid-sentence
and forgetting the word for
stay.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
