VALAR MORGHULIS
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/valar-morghulis/

All men must die.

Such a fact of life,
we fervently neglect.

Out of sight,
out of mind ...

#DarkPoetry #Death #GayWriter #Life #Poems #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #ReflectionsOnLife #Existential #ExistentialQuestions

DO YOU LIKE S&M?
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/do-you-like-sm/

S&M: sadism and masochism – two words that elicit a range of reactions from disgust and judgement to curiosity and excitement ...

#Abuse #BDSM #GayWriter #Guilt #Power #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife #Religion #Writing #WritingCommunity #Sex #Sadism #Masochism

PAIN MUST AND WILL COME
https://thelavendergaze.com/2016/11/pain-must-and-will-come/

We try to avoid pain. We surround ourselves with comfort. We invest in our future ...

#Existential #ExistentialQuestions #GayWriter #Life #Pain #Philosophy #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife #WritingCommunity #Writing

SMILE AT A STRANGER
https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/smile-at-a-stranger/

We crave connection. Yet, we live in a world that is so scared of it ...

#Connect #GayWriter #Life #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife #VulnerableWriting #WritingCommunity

THE LIFE OF A CAFÉ LATTE
https://thelavendergaze.com/2025/10/the-life-of-a-cafe-latte/

You look at the two tall transparent glasses in front of you. A shiny metal stirrer rests between them ...

#ComplexityOfLife #Death #Existential #ExistentialQuestions #GayWriter #Philosophy #QueerArtist #QueerMastodon #QueerWriters #ReflectionsOnLife

Smile at a stranger

https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/smile-at-a-stranger/

Pain must and will come

https://thelavendergaze.com/2016/11/pain-must-and-will-come/