Good evening Jazzheads! (Yes I'm calling y'all that) welcome back to another episode of llwj!

First of all, thank you so much for reading till here. These poems are quite silly, I know, so bear with me.

As you know, I've written ballads this time. Out of all sections till now (villanelles and free verse) I'm the most proud of these ballads. It was really quick to write like it only took 2 days. Some of them were written a long time ago and initially they weren't even ballads. The ones that are the most closest to me are: Flasks, outgrown love, don't say it wasn't love and a girl.

Flasks: I wrote it after I had a fight(?) with my best friend. She said something really cruel to me which ultimately also reminded me of all the times I was bullied and betrayed by my best friends as a kid. I was already having a bad day so I knew I had to turn it into a poem. "When life gives you pain, you should turn it into content" —the virtue of my life.

Sometimes we just give people so much more than we already have. "Night after night after night after night after night after night, The number of flask they require increase," With people it's like, when someone selflessly keeps giving something to them, they become more and more greedy. They don't even care about the well-being of the other person. I gave this poem a sad ending because that's what it's like for me and many other people. :(

Outgrown love: This one is my most favourite for sure. This is slightly about me and my ex but mostly it's just imagination.
I love the jasmine part lol. It's actually true by the way. Arabian jasmines bloom only at midnight and the one that I own somehow always blooms during the nights when the moon is full or nearly full. It's so magical and romantic.

Don't say it wasn't love: This one is sad. Like really sad. For me, at least. All the piano references in this book is about my ex. She played the piano for me all the time.

A girl: I wrote this one last year...or maybe a year before that...initially when I started writing poems, they actually weren't romantic **grasps** yes, this hopeless romantic started out with writing sad poetry. I'm actually really glad about it. I'm glad that I started writing for myself and not for her. This poem is about me obviously, it was from when I used to do S.H.
The little girl is referring to me who was once naive. It's an apology to her from her cause I wasn't able to protect her.

Insomnia: This is actually my very first poem. It was originally free verse with a few rhymes. Just thought that I should add it. Some of the lines fall flat and that's actually on purpose. I wanted to keep that imperfection.

I don't know what lesson y'all can get with these ones... "When life gives you pain, you should turn it into content" that's my biggest advice to y'all.

Be healthy and stay safe, Sayonara!

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Song of the day: "This song" by my love Conan Gray.

Recipe of the day: I don't have any :/

Good bless!