Submissions by NimmieAmee
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Destroyed Humanity
Eyes
glazed over, overwhelmed.
Tears
streaming down your face.
Cheeks
black with ruined makeup.
Breath
shame filled and shallow.
Choking
on your dignity (and me).
You've
never looked so beautiful.
Destroyed humanity.
glazed over, overwhelmed.
Tears
streaming down your face.
Cheeks
black with ruined makeup.
Breath
shame filled and shallow.
Choking
on your dignity (and me).
You've
never looked so beautiful.
Destroyed humanity.
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Measure up
He
kisses your skin
and
leaves a part of himself
within you
I
wonder if his mark on you
will last longer
than mine
He
plays with all the pieces
I was born without
You
melt in his grasp
gasping
against him
I
fade into your past
unable to become
what I want
and
you need
kisses your skin
and
leaves a part of himself
within you
I
wonder if his mark on you
will last longer
than mine
He
plays with all the pieces
I was born without
You
melt in his grasp
gasping
against him
I
fade into your past
unable to become
what I want
and
you need
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Selfish Selflessness
You're the altar
I'll sacrifice myself upon
Hoping for redemption
for all the things I haven't done
Yours are the battles
I'll bury myself in
Gladly entomb myself
for all my own I cannot win
A martyr I appear
all I've given for your sake
Truly just a sinner
burning at the stake
I'll sacrifice myself upon
Hoping for redemption
for all the things I haven't done
Yours are the battles
I'll bury myself in
Gladly entomb myself
for all my own I cannot win
A martyr I appear
all I've given for your sake
Truly just a sinner
burning at the stake
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Don't cut off parts of someone's body without consent (circumcision)
Pro-circumcision: It's easier to clean!
Pro-intact: Do you honestly believe penises are so complex that a human being will sit there staring in confusion when it comes time to clean themselves?
Pro-circumcision: .....
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Pro-circumcision: My religion says its practitioners need to cut off this part of their body!
Pro-intact: That's your right to believe, and when THIS human being is old enough to make an informed decision about their own beliefs and body, it will be their right to choose to cut off part of...
Pro-intact: Do you honestly believe penises are so complex that a human being will sit there staring in confusion when it comes time to clean themselves?
Pro-circumcision: .....
________________________
Pro-circumcision: My religion says its practitioners need to cut off this part of their body!
Pro-intact: That's your right to believe, and when THIS human being is old enough to make an informed decision about their own beliefs and body, it will be their right to choose to cut off part of...
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amber notions
toddler's shorts
stuck up on a branch
swaying gently in the
suddenly chilling
afternoon air
a flag of
claimed territory
dyed princess pink
but still
signalling surrender
and defeat
of innocence
stuck up on a branch
swaying gently in the
suddenly chilling
afternoon air
a flag of
claimed territory
dyed princess pink
but still
signalling surrender
and defeat
of innocence
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Adamant
I'll be your rock;
the rock you crash against.
I'll stand strong;
strong enough to bear the raging of your storm.
And I'll be constant;
constant through all your crests and vales.
I'll let you flow around me,
just remember you can drown me.
I'll be your rock;
for what's a rock compared to the beauty of the sea.
And I'll stand strong;
strong while I erode into your majesty.
I'll be your constant;
steadfast and resolute.
And if you flow right past me
all that I ask is that you...
the rock you crash against.
I'll stand strong;
strong enough to bear the raging of your storm.
And I'll be constant;
constant through all your crests and vales.
I'll let you flow around me,
just remember you can drown me.
I'll be your rock;
for what's a rock compared to the beauty of the sea.
And I'll stand strong;
strong while I erode into your majesty.
I'll be your constant;
steadfast and resolute.
And if you flow right past me
all that I ask is that you...
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Wear me with pride
Hands
hesitate,
gentle and
caring;
destructive predilections
stunned
into hushed reverence.
Defacement seeming
criminal
and –
a whimper
parts
painted lips
blinded eyes not beholding
their beauty
– needed.
Defacement
and
exaltation in debasement
are needed.
Debilitation
under
an onslaught of nylon.
Whimpers
turning to cries.
Flinching
from hesitation
turned
persistence.
More than ever,
overwhelmingly,
in awe of you.
Teeth sink in
and
leave my...
hesitate,
gentle and
caring;
destructive predilections
stunned
into hushed reverence.
Defacement seeming
criminal
and –
a whimper
parts
painted lips
blinded eyes not beholding
their beauty
– needed.
Defacement
and
exaltation in debasement
are needed.
Debilitation
under
an onslaught of nylon.
Whimpers
turning to cries.
Flinching
from hesitation
turned
persistence.
More than ever,
overwhelmingly,
in awe of you.
Teeth sink in
and
leave my...
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Flight
Immovable shell
Straining against the confines
Whole life spent inside
Finally cracking
Sunlight pours in blindingly
Broken protection
Increasing effort
Rewarded by the freedom
Of independence
Straining against the confines
Whole life spent inside
Finally cracking
Sunlight pours in blindingly
Broken protection
Increasing effort
Rewarded by the freedom
Of independence
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Weighted
The words
of Tolkien
and Rice,
Rowling
and King,
Lovecraft
and Lewis
have weight.
Yes,
if the time I've spent
in Narnia
and Middle Earth
and Hogwarts
was instead
spent in a gym,
I would be light enough
to almost float
away,
but that would only be
because my head
would be full of air.
of Tolkien
and Rice,
Rowling
and King,
Lovecraft
and Lewis
have weight.
Yes,
if the time I've spent
in Narnia
and Middle Earth
and Hogwarts
was instead
spent in a gym,
I would be light enough
to almost float
away,
but that would only be
because my head
would be full of air.
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Perhaps
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Survival loses meaning when you're numb
I come alive
in tears
in welling eyes and
blooming bruises
the crack
of your hand
the snap
of my head
stinging cheek
breath catching
caught
in your grip
destroyed
being rent
becoming whole
in tears
in welling eyes and
blooming bruises
the crack
of your hand
the snap
of my head
stinging cheek
breath catching
caught
in your grip
destroyed
being rent
becoming whole
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Highschool
I stare
at retreating backs,
breath hot,
rapid,
rabid,
vision tunneling
on thin throats,
on breakable skulls.
Their self-aggrandizing
by-way-of-breaking-others
laughter
the only sound matching
my pounding
pulse.
They have heady
steady rhythms
calmly beating away
their egocentric existences.
I stare,
breath hot,
rapid,
rabid,
the absolute,
incontrovertible,
Truth
that their existence
is a blight
emblazoned
in my mind.
I would rid myself
and...
at retreating backs,
breath hot,
rapid,
rabid,
vision tunneling
on thin throats,
on breakable skulls.
Their self-aggrandizing
by-way-of-breaking-others
laughter
the only sound matching
my pounding
pulse.
They have heady
steady rhythms
calmly beating away
their egocentric existences.
I stare,
breath hot,
rapid,
rabid,
the absolute,
incontrovertible,
Truth
that their existence
is a blight
emblazoned
in my mind.
I would rid myself
and...
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