there are now machines that can replicate the pain felt during menstruation. i saw a video clip of some grown men writhing in pain from the simulation. crying in bed like newborns, screeching their lungs out, on the verge of clawing their eyes out. they’re catching a small glimpse of the pain we survive […]
Read more "obvious strength"i need to stop thinking that being so open will heal me—not because vulnerability will be the death of me but because sometimes when you cut yourself so deep you need to sew yourself back up before you let the world touch your scar—cleanse yourself of the blood with your own truth—it might sting a […]
Read more "heal up"I will give you my feather heart. I can’t promise I won’t be persuaded to move with the wind—always flying always fragile. But I can promise I will love you through the bend—I will try not to snap. I will still kiss you even when it hurts especially when it hurts. Your rough edges make […]
Read more "For the man with the cactus mouth—"bathed in blue light wrapped up in fog blankets and bathed in blue light hold on tight to the edge of this darkness daybreak is near every emotion is love or fear what direction are you moving in?
Read more "bathed in blue light"as i fall apart pitter patter my heart taps on the glass ceiling of my mind the same rhythm as the rain drip drop rain falls and i fall apart but maybe i’ve just been broken from the start no start no end we exist in a circle a part of the same earthy dimension […]
Read more "rain falls"We stare at the moon We take pictures of the moon We stare at those pictures of the moon Long after that faint milky orb leaves our shadowed sky Is it because we see ourselves in the moon’s craters? Is it because we can’t? Is it because the moon owns a certain type of beauty […]
Read more "On the Moon"One time I coated the lining of my throat in Axe Body Spray in order to get the taste of the word bitch out of my mouth. I was hoping maybe then I would forget all of the times I ever slut-shamed someone with a false sense of superiority, every time I ever laughed at […]
Read more "Tastebuds"“You dated a girl, but you didn’t really wanna date her, you know?” “That’s true. I didn’t like her. No, hell no I wasn’t attracted to her either. But, I’ve always felt like I could be with a girl…” this conversation turns away from me now toward some sticky amber oil held up to the […]
Read more "Ghosts / you are who you are, not who you’ve been with"It’s heartbreaking to watch this happen in your home town right in front of your eyes over the course of your lifetime. White hipsters with corporate high-paying positions kicking out families many poor many oppressed. Families that have lived here for years/decades now that have worked so hard to create a decent life for themselves & those they love—here. Many immigrant families building […]
Read more "vampires that never sleep (on the gentrification of my home town)"when the scars of adolescence begin to fade adulthood is approached with a childlike naivety—forgetting is remembering how to live for many—finally, we’ve made it—thoughts on dying now almost avoidable |survival by v.w.
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