Words

I didn’t plan to say but needed to.

Somewhere between ennui and spark, my raw, unfiltered bits are here.

I’m a nerdy girl with a pen—the type who always carries a black Pilot Precise V5, has read thousands of books, and still scribbles in the margins. Sometimes I’m just writing back to an author who’ll never read it.

Maybe one day, all these scribbles will grow into books of their own.

Love That Stays
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Love That Stays

You’re not asking for too much. You’re asking the wrong person. The right love won’t leave you guessing.

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Killin' That Tie
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Killin' That Tie

Let me take off that tie. I’ll love you, not for your strength, but for the man you truly are.

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The Mirror’s Game
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

The Mirror’s Game

The game isn’t about me, it’s about you. The mirror shows you what you want to see, but I’ll make you question if it’s ever really me.

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The Gentlemen's Masquerade
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

The Gentlemen's Masquerade

I stand barefoot, facing away, a body carved by innocence and sin alike. Not your wife. Not your whore. Not your cure.

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Under Your Spell
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Under Your Spell

Each touch, each kiss, feels like a surrender. I’m undone, but the deeper I fall into you, the more I crave the danger that is you.

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Into You
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Into You

I was made for your hands, your mouth, your need. Into you — deeper than thought. Into you — wilder than want.

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Built for You
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Built for You

So fall into me like it’s safe to let go. I’ll be the hands that you didn’t know. You needed — I mean it. I see the man beneath it.

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In Their Glow
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

In Their Glow

I’ve laughed in love and wept in pain. I’ve danced in the sun and cried in the rain. All those moments, whether dim or bright, still shimmer softly in the light of memory.

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A Thousand Steps
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

A Thousand Steps

Every letter unwritten, every kiss unspent—until she remembered her own name.

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A Longer Route
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

A Longer Route

Maybe this wasn’t the wrong train, just a longer route. I’ll stay on and see where it leads.

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Standing in Time
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Standing in Time

You feel your breath, the light on the floor, the pause between sounds. You are still here.

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White Tiger Within
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

White Tiger Within

She is a warrior of quiet strength, with a tiger’s soul and a heart full of grace.

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Fearless by Design
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

Fearless by Design

There is something older than fear, wiser than pain, and softer than shame. I call it freedom.

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The Lie of Someday
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

The Lie of Someday

I kept waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect me. But the truth is, there is no someday—only this breath, this choice, this now.

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At 18
Vanessa Liu Vanessa Liu

At 18

At 18, life cracked open wide, and we were just beginning to become ourselves. Behind all the dreams we chased, there was a heart quietly hoping for more.

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Snapshots of now, reflections to carry.