Do you think the world is black and white or as grey as a bullet
Arcadie is a writer and poet from Brighton, now calling South London home. Inspired by both the world around her and the relationships humans have with each other, she writes poems described as ‘storytelling to a rhythm’ and likes to write extensively on matters of the heart.
Questions to ask a potential lover
How are you
How are you really
Where do you consider home to be
When you stand up too quickly do you get headrush
Do you get headrush when you think of me
Do you look up at the sun even though you shouldn’t
If you do, do you get those dots that dance across your eyelids
The ones you can’t quite focus on
Do those dots remind you of an acid trip
Have you ever taken acid
When you did did you see things
Like the world through the lens of an old VHS tape from the 80s
Like the view from the top of a toll bridge
Like your future with a partner
Do you want kids
How would you react if your kids took acid
When was the last time you cried
When was the last time you really cried, cried so hard you wept enough salt water to keep a sole* in
Is it a sign of the times that the Amazon is burning or could we do something to stop it
Would you pray to a god if you thought it could really change anything
Is it better to do something good and shout about it or suffer in silence
Would you consider yourself sad
Would you consider yourself happy
What does happiness mean to you
Does it feel like chocolate
Does it feel like melted chocolate
Does it feel like the specific feeling of chocolate melting in your mouth before the solid has fully become liquid
Do you even like chocolate
Do you love your mum out of greed or necessity
Are you close to your family
Do you prefer a wedding or a funeral
Do you get jealous
If I watched Love Island would you judge me
Or would you curl up on the sofa beside me with a glass of red wine and indulge in an hour of escapism by watching others succumb to what society expects of relationships
Do you have your own Netflix account
If so what comes up on your recommended list
Is it true crime or chick flicks
Do you love a rom-com because I think everyone kinda loves a rom-com
If I cried would you comfort me or leave the room because neediness makes you nervous
Did you like broccoli when you were a kid
When you fall asleep where do you go
Do you travel universes and warp reality
Do you dip feet in liquid silver dyed by the moon Do you just close your eyes and awaken again
Do you believe dreams mean anything
What’s your star sign
What’s your moon sign
What’s your rising sign
Which one do you identify with the most
Do you subscribe to the fact that astrology is a tool used by intellectual women to believe in something
Are you a feminist
What do you think that word means
Does it make you cringe when I mention it
Does it make your eyes roll into the clouds of your brain when your eardrums absorb it
Are you a good person
Do you believe in kindness
What’s your favourite colour
Do you think the world is black and white or as grey as a bullet
Do you think anything can be considered bulletproof
Do you think everything I touch turns to gold or falls apart
Do you pray to pints of beer or whiskey
When was the last time someone asked you how you really were
Did you answer honestly
Arcadie
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