Anne Blackwood
United States
16
Christian
Theatre kid
Singer
Poet
Twin
Disfusive
A bit empathic
A living oxymoron
WTW mom to FantasyOtter12, lochnessie & everyone
WTW sis to happy butterfly
Kindness Krusader: Blueberry cotton candy
XXFJ
Joined 1/16/2020
Message from Writer
For everyone who's sat on a tree branch and thought for a while
Or someone who wanted to
Currently reading | Beach Winds: An Emerald Isle, NC Novel (Book 2)
My profile picture is my "personal crest" I designed and commissioned a friend to draw.
keepsunnyaroundfoundation.cake.org (credit: Happy Butterfly)
"There's something about being nostalgic for something you haven't left yet"
~ A Certain Type of Decisive
"I was born singing. Most babies cry. I sang an aria."
~ Fairest (book) by Gail Carson Levine
Anxiety must-reads:
https://bit.ly/2YUyome
https://bit.ly/2TsNYSa
And pray. That's the only reason I'm free now.
26 Comments
beth r.
re: aw its okay i'm fine lol
Tomb of Jade (#spookified)
re: haha thank you!! You have no idea how many takes it took me to get a recording where my voice didn't choke up XD
also this peace is amazing!!
Asteraceae
Re: btw my username is pronounced as-ter-a- see- eye. Also, thanks! I like your work.
RemovedUser1
Replying: Thanks! How do you pronounce Einar? I say “Eenar,” but Momma says “Inar.” How about you?
RemovedUser1
This makes a lot of sense. I feel like that sometimes, not because I’M old, but because my other siblings are old, and up until recently they wouldn’t play toys and stuff. Now they do though :).
Anywhoo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I know this poem is kinda sad, but birthdays are still exciting, right? It’s weird reading this and the comments because I’m 13 and everyone else who I like seems so much older than me. I’ll be 14 in March, which seems a lot older than 13 to me. But, this isn’t about me (even though I keep coming back to me XD) I’m excited for you, 16 is a big number, but I can also understand how your feeling. Maybe something totally amazing will happen and it’ll be worth turning 16!
(Am I too optimistic...?)
sci-Fi
Happy 16th! I know this feeling, like you get sucked into the years and suddenly everything's different. I'm not sure when exactly people change, but it's always shocking ones you realize you did.
Happy birthday, and keep on writing!
Anlee
happy birthday! hope you got to celebrate and enjoy a day of pure joy in the midst of this mess :) this piece got me reminiscing...i'm sorta close to turning 16 too so this is really relatable.
mindfruit (brainsssfruit)
Happy Birthday! Enjoy being 16, and keep on writing!
ByFarStories
Keep writing! I urge you to write more and more, to train your descriptive language!
beth r.
Happy Birthday! *hugs*
love this peice!
re: wow, thank you so much for the support and tips :)
Landofstories
Happy Birthday!!!
And_The_Stars_Laughed
Replying: Aww, thanks for your sweet comments, I'm glad you liked it. :)
Also, Happy Birthday!!!!!!! May you have a wonderful year!!! I've always loved reading your writing and you've always been so sweet and welcoming here -- I still remembered when I first published one of my works on wtw and you commented on it -- it made me smile so big. :D Happy Birthday!!!!
Paisley Blue
Happy birthday, dear!! Wow, so old—but I see that you're still young at heart and thats the best thing to be :) I wish i had some wise words to inspire you with, but sadly, they've all been taken by Dmoral in that insanely good poem a few comments down ;) still, happy birthday!!! May the year treat you well and fill you with happiness and wisdom!! <3
Writing4Life
Re: Thanks! AHHHH HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNE! Wow you're 2 years older than me LOL This is a great piece!
lochnessie
re: GASP I'M HONOURED :00000
Emi
Happy birthday! Sixteen was fun...except learning to drive, it scared me until I mastered it. This is a lovely piece though, really sweet about growing up (I still call my get-togethers with friends playdates though, even though we're all teens, heh heh).
lochnessie
re: ahh thank you wtw mother :D
enjoy being sixteen, it's a cool number because you can split it in even halves right down to 1, and not all even numbers can do that...
okay well enjoy it anyway :)
Charisse Marison
HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS YOU INCREDIBLE PERSON *throws confetti*
Rohan’s Defender
Happy birthday! I’m sure it feels kind of weird.. I’m going to be 15 in a couple months and I’m not sure what to think. It’s interesting how our brains change so much though. Well, I love this piece! :)
Bookwitch
happy belated, early, or right on time birthday! Getting older can have its disadvantages, but...driver's license?
aiyanna
I remember this thought process clearly, it's tough, I'm going to turn 18 and while I'm excited, it is sad knowing I'm not going to be a child anymore. But I've found it's really helpful to cling onto yourself, don't see getting older as a reason to have to change yourself. Be who you are, naturally, you will grow, mature, but don't force change. The world around you will push you to "grow up" whatever that means, but cling to that child-like curiosity, to the imagination, and fun wildness. Congrats on turning 16, it'll all settle itself out.
FantasyOtter12
~Thought I otter wish you a happy birthday :)
~May this year be unlike any otter :)
~Its your birthday, you otter be excited :)
Happy birthday! (Whenever it is I might be late already)
madeline3.14159
Yeah... Sixteen is not a label I'm ready for :) At least I have a couple more months of the familiar fifteen. Anyway... Happy Birthday!!!!!!
Dmoral
belated birthday poetry: comment style
(hope this doesn't suck, never done this before)
peter pan told me he loved me; i was far too young
to know what that means & far too old to believe in
such a thing. so now i pluck the petals of flowers more
mentally, fearing that'd someone'd see me doing so
physically. tell me, why can't growing up be easy? at
least i can hold onto the memories, put them in a vase
and collect nostalgic tears to water them occasionally;
yes, childhoods are braided together by fate's hands, and
maturing means learning that she's not that kind. but when
it comes to you & your birthday, it feels like i watched a
seeded beauty become something worth picking; that's the
thing about pretty flowers, they're always the ones being
chosen for picking, never left alone to keep growing into
the more pretty they could become. so love, happy
birthday from yours truly, an admirer with the pretense
of a gardener; who now understands what peter pan
meant when he said he loved me, 'cause i'm whispering
the words to you now, freely, maturely, kindly.
~Zoe N~
Happy birthday! and nice piece :)
Dmoral
happy birthday bw!!!