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Curled like a hermit crab
he inches through heartbreak
one pygmy shell at a time
he inches through heartbreak
one pygmy shell at a time
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A burden, curse
I’m coming back from a few rough months, and here is my first offering. A piece about my bipolar and anxiety disorder.
She cursed herself silently, like
a prayer that can only be said
in the shadows, without other
people hearing—“fuck you, you've
wasted everything, let down
everyone, you deserve this.”
Like this, she doesn’t condemn
herself, she burns for herself,
lights her skeleton on fire, ignites
her mind with the what ifs and
should have beens, all of it.
She is standing, resolute, feet
apart, a sure stance, she is sure
to break down, her elbows will
crush at the weight of all her
inhibitions, her lungs wil
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public autopsies
i.
lovely, isn't it?
i sing you a lullaby, and you—
you fall asleep.
darkness says: it might forget me. darkness says it might forget me.
i was told that to good girls come no grief.
ii.
& here i am,
here we are.
no more skeletons in my closet—
i lie with them at night
i party with the ghosts of my past
i do the dance with my sins of late, swinging the swing till midnight:
i wait for sadness to come back i push happiness away i wait for sadness to come back i push happiness away i wait for sadness to come back i push happiness away i wait for sadness to come back i push happiness away i wait for sadness to come back i push h
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Believer
I do not need you
to pray for me.
I am a common woman,
prideful
&
reckless,
lust-ridden
&
forbidden
by your kind:
those who point to me,
wanting to anoint me
with all things pure,
unsure
of my worth
until I feign their ways.
I am no follower
of fire and brimstone;
&
as your kind says of me:
I am too far gone.
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I really loved the comparison here, but I wish I had more context for the lines. Beautiful imagery, regardless.