If my emotions have been mangled,
let us not say that they’ve been
disfigured or mutilated.
Let us just call them crushed—
ground into a fine powder
woven throughout my tapestry,
Tag: Trauma Recovery
Schiz
Schiz
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Spiral Down Staircase
Weirdly good at breaking down,
been doing it since I was seven-
teen, been needing
to since I was
three, been needing to
take my time doing it, been
needing to
honor other people’s
Hunger, Thirst
Taught my epilepsy how to drive,
got my independent streak a little drunk on empowerment,
made a piece of art at 2am so decided god mustn’t hate me.
Started to leak, said, oh no, touched it, saw it wasn’t blood.
Looks like I’ve got inspiration that isn’t uterine.
I grab my corpse by her hair and yank
I grab my corpse by her hair and yank
her onto her feet, slam her into a tree,
‘til the bark cuts her back so she’s hanging thereRead More »
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