This is a set of two poems :3 71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97yZmP9Sy0
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCSj3VFHnu
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbujT37Oypi
she walks with the grace of moonlight71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKgpxTxJBP
and has eyes like protostars.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpPykIy3QN
she’s not quite up to societal standards,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY3t1Rd1FD
and she lives in the future, not the past.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkns1YhKyU
i still chase after her anyways,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLMh7R1l1u
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8dTsTAqzG
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqkBIkxRTo
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSHcSipjgQ
she did, with her idle remarks71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2ZLB204nS
about how it would look better curled.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VxUkftkGy
(i curled it into long ringlets.)71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nyOWwA9qt
then she said it would be better short71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKLsePd7aA
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmAvbPPhhu
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9E4qmy90X
in all manners of ways.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsX7qhR7ik
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ2O3lBkxn
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ4OkFF6CM
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0qAjkTjiV
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0n0FRGiLlg
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYY8plIvpK
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SJiAp08fc
she did, with her languid tongue and71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnSbK2d9R4
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLCW5AEeYd
she said, running fingers down my arm,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEM8gAtxGY
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjMYRoUXeM
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31VkaVuGoI
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2qD7Y6n2R
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvzrwYCZfC
she did in late nights spent curled together71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEbZYfvxfQ
in the back of my pick up truck, poking71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT7Hj83Ntw
and prodding at my body, saying that71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQrgXGz3fM
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoottoIEGR
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4wFEey2QC
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglBGDqgBlW
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcNfg1yOdt
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS31wYPVq5p
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOL7HeY2Ig
she did with her loaded gun questions71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jIYJscTGq
and sketchy answers. late night calls71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8PHVm0Q2h
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ120iTUCodF
when it was never truly my fault.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXRBAn1Cyh
she taught me to hate myself.71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpyKGA82eO
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
