Poetry

Poetry

Nip

I am not my gender I am not my sexuality I am not my school I am not my family I am not my lover I am not my ideals I am not my job I am not my ordeals I am not my choices I am not my contributions

Poetry

Parasite

Black spindly legs Barbed wire hugging my insides Wrap me in bubbles Giving season awaits A moment of violence Branches of blackened ash Circular patterns on my mind Comfortably vicious Endless resistance Maybe I had to break A scarred lesson Reminding me to bend

Poetry

Take a Step

I release the weight of alien expectations Take a step forward unaware of presentation Wondering if the ground and I will meet before the ocean Lonely guarantees in the certainty of motion Truth falls easily from chapped lips Droplets of Schrödinger’s poison A reinforced dam with a sturdy gate

Poetry

Cobwebs

Spindly spider fingers dig into my flesh Invisible wire wraps round I force my self to bend If it's mine, why is it your shame I don? Coiling around me in venomous tendrils My dress was not a come-on Guilt you sowed in my chest I now uproot

Poetry

A bird with a broken wing

I want to write a poem for you But you don’t really let people in So I can only write for the father I’ve had Not the one you wish you had been Deep beneath the skin of a man little boy cries frozen in time For a

Poetry

Never Heard

While you were frozen solid I was falling on my face When I offered you a hand My progress was displaced In the face of your suffering I prefer to walk alone Rather than cut off pieces Trying to keep you whole All the darkness I witnessed Contrasted by beams

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Sunshine

Brown eyes brighter than the sun I saw the world through yours before I ever grew my own Strong hands forged in fire and stone You stood stalwart between my light and the unknown Sour words that stung in my youth Turned bitter after half a decade apart Lemonade sweetened

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Daisy

In another life Crescent moons adorn your arms Slipping through my fingers Cocooning an ugly charm A silver touch, soft fingers Gliding across my scalp A luminous smile Feeds a fresh start A whispered plea Let's never be apart Sadly I've grown An unattached heart I&

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Hypermobility

Bend and bend These joints wont break Spread thin like butter I'll hide the ache I don't want to do this My feelings Your mistake This isn't what I asked for Burnt kernels go ignored Maybe I trust you more Than I ever did

Poetry

Crimson Ink

The void of my cap spills endless ink Crimson displays passion in belief Gothic romanticism beats in my heart Edges of sorrow restructure my art Hi, did you miss me? I may have found an inkling I'm allowed to make mistakes No need to constantly erase My page

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Building a mixtape for you

Baby I haven't met you yet But I know that I adore you And your arms will feel like finally coming home I see glimpses of you In all the hearts I fall in love with And I know for sure your vibe will match my tune I&

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Hide

There’s a monster in my house Clawing at someone’s skin Battle scars taste salty Sadness comes from within Claws turn softness to leather Yet a light still glows gentle Whether fact or fiction I rely on your discretion Color the lines I drew for you Mess up my