This is a set of two poems :3 118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWsxSberAt
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFi13setRw
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgE8of2zeUU
she walks with the grace of moonlight118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzx3EU7AJb
and has eyes like protostars.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45Q4arKo8s
she’s not quite up to societal standards,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsGReDskLQ
and she lives in the future, not the past.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ9YExqd6d
i still chase after her anyways,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOgcsc4ynv
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZsd5JjI49
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCA04na6p1
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡins3EQjdWQ
she did, with her idle remarks118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uI11BRRVA
about how it would look better curled.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrud0bBWMCk
(i curled it into long ringlets.)118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq6jjcOaBT
then she said it would be better short118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97AA85q784
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ530PX4FOzg
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4PVtXUbno
in all manners of ways.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6xov8OcT6
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6GRsP3Qj3
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsUSvF9yeU
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6W8tdGTSN
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoq0bd7UUds
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjI6NpENNI
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9k8Q7eTjLA
she did, with her languid tongue and118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKStOKvwbi3
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHPFgsJ5sH
she said, running fingers down my arm,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tAm9xC1LO
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uzD0pEkNU
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmprhN7Yw7
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzijmIwqRct
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhvpNA8ehS
she did in late nights spent curled together118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEGVcSPdLD
in the back of my pick up truck, poking118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BPm8XFUSH
and prodding at my body, saying that118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzyX2khW4f
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgu43E6oFI
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29Yx8m9HUA
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaeN1bBJ3Z
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XirYebSyx
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5syz3lMN7W
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5iJ5ZcgVm
she did with her loaded gun questions118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujGn8hIqds
and sketchy answers. late night calls118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01WW8CV3Fz
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHjEnl1QGK
when it was never truly my fault.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuKlq3VpIk
she taught me to hate myself.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2F1bUxSus
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
