This is a set of two poems :3 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs2lBuX03M
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZjAc46Ufc
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntwpKuCEet
she walks with the grace of moonlight35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ce5ge2Zxc
and has eyes like protostars.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtOZEtTPit
she’s not quite up to societal standards,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNbhMUbRXf
and she lives in the future, not the past.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ1imYNnNp
i still chase after her anyways,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bq15dZkfz
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUDGq5Pk8P
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1N5mnFba2d
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3EmLbKSqJ
she did, with her idle remarks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB08SOn7Yc
about how it would look better curled.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdr7USJCCv
(i curled it into long ringlets.)35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9XzHQ4gWu
then she said it would be better short35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrSt5ZaGQW
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1plzZxhZ8S
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuDY6lcQ5B
in all manners of ways.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa7sYsTc58
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiOK3pOZD9
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcB4NyWNZYZ
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSCdaSNcpx
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKvoRs7AMK
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pDqS0mb22
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiznBuoCrs
she did, with her languid tongue and35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaRvy3Ufix
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDflpjnuWX7
she said, running fingers down my arm,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcKpIfxnUk
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2wxvo8M1w
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVv5xeRELnk
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShTV1RXokd
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMWNlUPq3q
she did in late nights spent curled together35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBJRKDLvyI
in the back of my pick up truck, poking35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtBLFTLXL3
and prodding at my body, saying that35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipnDkmtYkX
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2f2MdzBgD
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvJHtVNQ8J
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2L77e2Due
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuw8864NPb
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPMb4MDNvh
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiSASVFazo
she did with her loaded gun questions35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZHNiuh4dO
and sketchy answers. late night calls35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjiBqPGZG8
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCvUDYZCRg
when it was never truly my fault.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKp3qjpvs5K
she taught me to hate myself.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwT7nhfYlb
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
