#sydney akhlys

[sydney-akhlys]

The world is far too bright,

For God’s sake! — 

Please turn out the light.

Initiated by screens all day,

Another scroll and I fall prey. 

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Like autobons we roam the halls,

Gasping at the sight of dark,

Like it hides the monster deep inside,

Who is He to you and I? 

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Drifting though the blinding room,

seeing faces turned to doom,

letting the cycle carry you until —

the darkness seems a friend at last. 

[thebridgehqs]

Welcome to 1925 – Cassndra Baran !! I hope you feel right at home here in Sydney. Before you get too comfortable and see what all our city has to offer, be sure to review our CHECKLIST. We’re so glad to have you with us, Blake !!    

Look who just woke up- is that MIKEY MADISON? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s CASSANDRA ‘CASSIE’ BARAN from PERCY JACKSON (daughter of akhlys, Luke’s army). I heard she is 21 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, they still give off a STACKS UPON STACKS OF CLASSIC HORROR MOVIES ON VHS, BOTTLES OF POISON PROUDLY DISPLAYED ON SHELVES IN THE KITCHEN, DANGEROUS SMIRKS CURLING ONTO LIPSTICK SMUDGED LIPS impression. They’re known to be quite CHAOTIC, but have a tendency to be CRUEL on their bad days. ( blake )

[sydney-akhlys]

Nothing. 

Yet it’s all still spinning,

The day’s still going,

If I stop right now,

I’ll tumble away. 

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Move through a book,

Like it makes it alright,

Talk to a person,

Just to feel right. 

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Tell them a story,

Spin me a tale,

Care about something,

Before it all becomes …

Nothing.

[sydney-akhlys]

Lovely Person

A continuation of my title choice for Confessions of a Lovely Person: Who is the lovely person? 

Me, for one, obviously. This is my book and I’m the one confessing. I think I’m lovely and just a delight to be around, and I say that with as much sarcasm as you can imagine being poured into that phrase. 

You, for a second. You're reading this. I think that it is lovely that you dedicate your time to reading other people's opinions, you are probably a very informed and reasonable person. You are also probably judging me, that’s ok, I think it is lovely that you don’t tell me I'm bad at writing. It is very much appreciated. 

A third, my two best friends in the entire world who will not be mentioned by name. They inspire a lot of these essays and they know that. They are great people and put up with a lot of my nonsense.  

Maybe lovely is more of a thing than a person? 

I chose the adjective lovely because I use that word a lot. Sometimes sarcastically, sometimes sincerely. I like the sound of it. It is phonetically appealing. I also like the things it is used to describe: flowers, bright days, kind acts, good art, remarkable prose and poems. There are many things in this world that are lovely. The world is lovely, sometimes I forget that. 

I also like the concept of a person. There are many, many people in this world and apparently they are all different. Isn’t that wild? That no one else has ever had the exact same makeup of personality and life as me? That I am a completely different person than anyone has ever been and everyone that ever will be? 

There are lovely people in this world. There are some people that have something that touches the nature of their being and speaks to the nature of mine.  I have to confess, I think I found one but that's another story for a different book. I haven’t figured out how to write that one yet but maybe if I keep confessing what I think I will ramble on to a path that leads to the solution to my problem. 

I also think the truth is lovely, there is something raw about it. It is ugly, but contradicts itself with purity and as a society, we are trained to see purity as lovely. A person who tells the truth is light, and light is what shows us the things that are lovely instead of hiding them in the dark. 

So my book is titled Confessions of a Lovely Person. I am confessing about people and things that are lovely. That’s the synopsis, that's what I have labeled it, that is what it shall be. I confess to a lovely person about lovely people in a world that is sometimes a lovely place.

[sydney-akhlys]

To love is a powerful thing and maybe it isn’t always as lovely as we think it is.

Sydney Akhly

[sydney-akhlys]

You like thinking and that is the most desirable characteristic in this entire world.

Sydney Akhlys

[sydney-akhlys]

What is life? A beautiful miracle and everything you think it is. You are life, the wildflower in your yard is life, the atoms buzzing all around you is life. It’s energy and moving forward and thinking backwards and going through it all.

Sydney Akhlys

[sydney-akhlys]

The world is lovely, sometimes I forget that.

Sydney Akhlys

[sydney-akhlys]

Modesty on a resume has gotten me nowhere but in an average state of being.

Sydney Akhlys

[sydney-akhlys]

I’m weird and cringy but I kinda like that about me.

Sydney Akhlys

[thebridgehqs]

Welcome to 1925 –  Peregrine Ricci !! I hope you feel right at home here in Sydney. Before you get too comfortable and see what all our city has to offer, be sure to review our CHECKLIST. We’re so glad to have you with us, Mac !!

Look who just woke up- is that OLIVIA D'LIMA? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s PEREGRINE RICCI from PJO (oc ; mostly neutral; daughter of Akhlys). I heard she is 29 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, they still give off a SHADOWS AND SMOKE MIXING TOGETHER EERILY, DRINKING OUT OF A POISON BOTTLE, FAKE SMILES AS THE ONLY THREAT SHE NEEDS impression. They’re known to be quite CAREFREE, but have a tendency to be CRUEL on their bad days. ( mac )