Tag: self esteem
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Enough
What are these cuts in me these slashes leaving me bloodless, leaving me thirsty, leaving me alone and naked and cold? Who am I with these scars I don’t recognize? I’m not at all the man I thought I would be; I am not at all the woman I promised I was. I am afraid.…
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There/Not There
slipping down reaching clawing wet hands bloody hands reaching grasping in the slick slip mud slide down the pitch right to the edge right to the edge hang on hang on hang on hold on too late falling done falling done Tags: black dog, depression, despair, hate, mental illness, misery, motherland, poem, poems, poetry, sadness,…
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20
I exist in this space where I can hear the twentysomething moments of my youth in their desperate clamor to be heard seen recognized to be validated as something worthy of taking up valuable resources like breathing room and the ability to walk and perhaps have an opinion of my own They chatter and sing…
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And Forth
I don’t know you, but I hate you. Once, I saw him smile at you. I wished a piano would fall on your face. I don’t know you, but I hate you. Once, he was sweet to you. I wished you would be pushed in front of a bus. I don’t know you, but I…
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All The Colors
Beyond winters chill there lies a hopeful font of blood, blue flies, green flies, black waters. Everyone comes up short, and everyone is a wet-nosed nudge away from either soothed or screaming. There is a film of red over her eyes, a flood of crimson, a haze of anger and well-meaning love. All the colors…