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Alexis Dove's avatar

beautiful piece Tunmise :) thank you for sharing! Also your example with Into the Woods made me think of why I love the musical Wicked & the themes that it grapples with

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tunmise adebowale's avatar

thank you for reading, Alexis!!! gosh i love musicals so much, the lessons and themes embedded in them are always so powerful

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fadé wonder.'s avatar

I always look forward to your posts. This is beautifully written and very profound, tunmise 🌷

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tunmise adebowale's avatar

awwww thank you so much for supporting my work! i always try my best to write a wide variety of things, so i appreciate it 🫶🏾🌸💞

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Mari Guimarães's avatar

I think this might be the reason why people are more drawn to morally gray characters in media than the "good guys." I love to think about this topic and I love what you wrote about it, 100% agree with you ♡

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tunmise adebowale's avatar

thank you for reading! definitely, it explains a lot of my favourite characters

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Meghna Nair's avatar

I love your work so much this is beautiful <33

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tunmise adebowale's avatar

omg thank you so much!!!! this means a lot to me <\333

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neha's avatar

i open your words in my email inbox with the same excitement that one would open the letter of their sea-faring lover, and i thank you for never disappointing me

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tunmise adebowale's avatar

oh my goodness this made me blush and giggle😭 thank you so much for supporting my work!

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neha's avatar

not to be dramatic or anything

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olivia's avatar

“Don’t ask us for the word that defines

our shapeless soul from every angle

and lights it up with blazing letters

like a crocus lost in a dusty field.

Ah, the man who walks confidently,

a friend to himself and others,

not caring that the sun strikes

his shadow on a crumbling wall!

Don’t ask us for the formula that can open worlds.

All we can tell you now is a broken syllable, dry as a twig.

This alone we can say today:

what we are not, what we do not want.” by Eugenio Montale, the only truth that is given to man is the awareness of the impossibility of having any certainty, a negative awareness, in an indecipherable and unknowable world.

incredible piece, your publication is one of my favourites for sure.

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tunmise adebowale's avatar

what a beautiful poem, thank you for sharing this with me! and thank you for supporting me, i really do appreciate it :,)

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