always keep secrets
breathe silently, button it up, bury it beneath
create a person for the outside world to see
don’t relax
eyes should look up, down, here, there
fear the eyes that linger, the gazes that latch
give yourself no room to dream
hide your heart, hide it deep
inside where no one else can reach
justify
kill desires
leave the love and lust for those with less to lose
mask on
never smile when you mean it
open up to no one
prove true your pessimism, pickup your shattered pieces even if you bleed
quiet, or they might see
real emotions
sensitivity
tie it tight
under your ribs
vow to keep from getting burned again
weep in silence, out of sight
xoxo, exes, memories of ecstasy
you have learned this time, hopefully
zero days since heartbreak, start the counting over again at one.
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ALI RAE
writer // reader // dreamer // punk princess
i exist somewhere between star wars & jane eyre with occasional detours to mars & idris.
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los angeles, CA
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What happened in the factories that the Nazis used to breed babies?
The Lebensborn program, initiated by the Nazis in 1935, was a secretive scheme to create a "pure Aryan race" through controlled breeding and child rearing. 😱🧬 Apparently, Heinrich Himmler was obsessed with this program. He'd personally approve SS marriages and expect them to pop out kids. Creepy micromanagement much? 👀🚼 The program established maternity homes across Nazi-occupied Europe, including Germany, Norway, Austria, and other countries. These facilities were often set up in requisitioned properties. 🏥😰 Women had to pass stringent "racial purity" tests to participate, with only 40% of applicants accepted. Preferred traits included blonde hair, blue eyes, and specific height requirements. 🤯😭 SS officers were encouraged to father children with these women, even outside of marriage. The program offered medical care, financial support, and secrecy to participating mothers. 💰🤐 Upon birth, many Lebensborn children were taken by the SS and placed in Nazi-controlled nurseries. Biological mothers often had to renounce all rights to their children. 💔👶 The program conducted disturbing "baptism" ceremonies for newborns, involving SS daggers and pledges of loyalty to Nazi ideology, aiming to indoctrinate children from birth. 🥶❗ It gets worse. They kidnapped around 200,000 kids from occupied countries. Snatched 'em right from their parents if they looked "Aryan" enough. Can you imagine? 😢🚓 These kidnapped children underwent forced "Germanization," involving psychological manipulation and sometimes physical abuse to make them forget their true origins. 🎭😵 After the war, many Lebensborn children faced stigma and discrimination. In Norway, some were even institutionalized and subjected to abuse. The full extent of the program's impact remains unclear to this day. 😡✊
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Beautifully written, Ali Rae ❤️❤️
exposes the many layers of protecting one's heart, a heartbreaking reminder of the barriers we create to protect ourselves from grief, and captures the cyclical cycle of vulnerability and resilience.