Be Mean to Me
Attention, attention, it has come to my attention-
That compared to exclusion and subtleties, an honest ugly reaction has become my preference
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Sometimes
Sometimes I wonder
If I weren’t intertwined with trip wires -
If my spine was not stone -
If I grew slightly closer to the sun -
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Reaper x Mortality
Pandora’s box opening surrounded me with fog and fear and screams.
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Not Your Cherub
Some mistake the burning
embers on my skin as an angelic glow
but when you came closer —
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Seawater
I think I’ve swallowed too much seawater
An array of salts one’s not suppose to digest
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Tangible Feelings of Writing
A public diary
Wide eyed child
A quivering exhale
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Noticing
I've been feeling annoyed with myself for having more consistent mosquito bites of resentment towards people the more and more I unpack ableism.
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Joy
Someone once asked me why I don’t write more about my joy.
I’ve found I am quite poisoned and eroded from grief;
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Deep Waters
I find myself dipping in deep waters despite knowing I cannot float
Still unsure if I run to feel the high or set my lungs ablaze
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Delights:
When people say my name
Finishing a roll of film
The Leg Thing
Nostalgic songs
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Scoliosis Awareness
I didn’t realize there’s a #scoliosisawareness day. At first I thought it was goofy because I’m pretty sure we’re all aware it exists.
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Find Me
somewhere between optimistic nihilism and light hearted existentialism
Find me
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Body Memory
Body memory is a strange thing.
You think you’re good to go, with all your sound logic, adaptive emotional intelligence, and level mind.
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Sisterly Survivor Guilt
I remember a time, months later, being on all fours
in the middle of the living room floor, screaming at the ground in a full body sob -
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Defective vessel
Gnarled tree trunk
Indestructible alloy surrounded by softness
Bottomless well of forgiveness
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