tofu_appreciator

tofu_appreciator t1_j71j4vf wrote

Reply to Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by SergeantStiglitz92

I liked it and thought the prose was quite good. I did have to watch a 1.5 hour YouTube video on the Sri Lankan civil war after reading the first few pages to get a basic grasp of the context though! I don't think you're likely to feel more engaged as you go on - I felt like an outsider all the way through - but the book does pick up and the final crescendo is pretty powerful and surprisingly moving. I'd say it's worth pushing through for.

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tofu_appreciator t1_it6ityb wrote

Reply to [WP] Ancient creation myth of the sun, the moon and the stars based on a love triangle. by notsorrylolx

[poem]

They were once one,
Those tragic three -
who's shattering
Is rent above
The earth to see.

An equal pact,
Or so it goes.
The flaming heart,
The chilly mind,
the blood that flows.

It couldn't last.
These things, they dont.
The heart, she loves
The mind - so calm!
Of course, he knows.

Yet he thinks: blood.
Blood takes my ills
And brings my needs.
For him, great love
Means wants fulfilled.

That ceaseless surge
Cares not for brains.
It yearns and flows
For pulse and power,
Heat and flames.

It aches to love
without requite.
And thus they split
And bore the sky,
The day, the night.

Hot heart takes day.
Cool mind takes night.
And blood is spilt
Across it all
To tell their plight.

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