Alis Volat Propriis

• the thrill of live theater
• carefully brewing your favorite coffee blend
• keeping an infinite list of books you want to read someday
• humming classical music to yourself as you work
• watching the morning mist, a cup of tea by your side
• reading aloud, putting emotion into each word
• words spilling across the page, finding self expression in each clause and punctuation mark
• the satisfying, tired feeling after spending hours in a museum
• filling your room with old trinkets
• grey skies, clouds that seem to go on forever
• notebooks filled with old writing projects
• memorizing soliloquies and grand speeches from your favorite plays
• the old, slightly musty smell of an antique store
• a cat curled up by your feet, making the night a little less cold
• a candle burning late into the night
• going to the art gallery just to gaze endlessly at one painting
• a love for the flow of words, the artistry of writing

[text ID: I just want a humble, murderously simple thing: that a person be glad when I walk into the room.]

Inspired by the song: Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

There will come a soldier

Who carries a mighty sword

He will tear your city down

Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord

• Will always get back up on their feet
• Will be by your side no matter what happens
• Protective
• Burns fast, bright, and beautiful
• Follows their own moral code
• Struggles with anger and feels too much, all at once
• Ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of what they believe in
• Bold and decisive
• Their let themselves get consumed by their own feelings and emotions
• Competitive, likes to win
• A shoulder to cry on, they will protect you when you need it
• Is afraid to ask for help
• Puts others before themselves
• Afraid of being too reckless
• Ignores their own problems to solve other's
• Always feels like they have to do better
• Doesn't trust easily

There will come a poet

Whose weapon is His word

He will slay you with His tongue

Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord

• Hyperfixations
• Afraid of being left alone
• Hard on themselves
• Willing to try out new things and step out their comfort zone
• Finds good in everyone
• Never gets enough credit for what they do
• Good at comforting others
• Tend to hide their struggles
• Hopeless romantic, idealist
• Good at communicating their emotions through their art
• Gets told "you've changed" instead of "I'm sorry"
• Wears their heart on their sleeve
• Trusts easily
• Follows their dream wherever it takes them
• Commitment issues
• They can build entire worlds with their art, but they can also destroy you with it

There will come a ruler

Whose brow is laid in thorn

Smeared with oil like David's boy

Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord

• Afraid of never being good enough
• Overworks themselves
• Bound by their sense of responsibility
• Maladaptive daydreaming
• Afraid that no one will ever understand them, and because of that is always ready to listen and tries to put themselves in other people's shoes
• Pushes themselves in situations they are not comfortable in because the feel like if they don't, nobody else will do it; and somebody has to
• Feels like has something to prove
• Ready to sacrifice themselves in the name of their duties
• Afraid of being judged and hated by others
• Overthinking
• Decided to give up their dreams because they had duties to fulfill
• Tries to solve everything by themselves
• Finds comfort in art, music, poetry
• Feels disconnected from those around them

Aello by Maéna Paillet