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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction ancient from birth
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Today 11:16am
Today 11:16am
we will not go quietly
imagine text fonts
permanently slapped
across your skin
imagine it not
asking for your
permission
and
god forbid it
having an
opinion.
so no—
we will not go quietly
in order make you feel
comfortable, there is
enough danger in
this world
who can't see
beyond buzzwords
and shitty news stories
forging themselves
in black print,
we're not creepy crawlies
waiting in public cubicles,
we piss and shit like you do ...
permanently slapped
across your skin
imagine it not
asking for your
permission
and
god forbid it
having an
opinion.
so no—
we will not go quietly
in order make you feel
comfortable, there is
enough danger in
this world
who can't see
beyond buzzwords
and shitty news stories
forging themselves
in black print,
we're not creepy crawlies
waiting in public cubicles,
we piss and shit like you do ...
#LGBT
#frustration
#transgender
23 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
Yesterday 3:33pm
Yesterday 3:33pm
to the person who's looking after her
#love
43 reads
7 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2021 12:05pm
22nd Feb 2021 12:05pm
letters
i've read every letter
given to me
the worst part is
not knowing
if i feel too much
or just feel
empty
it leaves
gaping holes
which is
something
you understood
when you
were breathing
amongst
us
there's so
many questions
rolling around
my head
they get louder
and louder
they try ripping
through parts
left dormant
left sealed
left rusted up
all because
i never knew
about them
or rather
wasn't even
allowed to ...
given to me
the worst part is
not knowing
if i feel too much
or just feel
empty
it leaves
gaping holes
which is
something
you understood
when you
were breathing
amongst
us
there's so
many questions
rolling around
my head
they get louder
and louder
they try ripping
through parts
left dormant
left sealed
left rusted up
all because
i never knew
about them
or rather
wasn't even
allowed to ...
#family
#emptiness
31 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Feb 2021 7:01pm
21st Feb 2021 7:01pm
tarantula
it's been a while
since our last encounter
with each other
your body has burrowed
behind long legs
and i cannot
see you
the truth is
i never had the stomach
to attend to you
perhaps i never will
but tonight
i knew i had
to deal with
you
i suffocate you
in veet for ten minutes
without looking
scrape away
lifeless limbs
using a plastic spatula
watch
them drop down
a shiny plug
hole
i still
don't know
whether
to...
since our last encounter
with each other
your body has burrowed
behind long legs
and i cannot
see you
the truth is
i never had the stomach
to attend to you
perhaps i never will
but tonight
i knew i had
to deal with
you
i suffocate you
in veet for ten minutes
without looking
scrape away
lifeless limbs
using a plastic spatula
watch
them drop down
a shiny plug
hole
i still
don't know
whether
to...
#transgender
20 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Feb 2021 7:06pm
20th Feb 2021 7:06pm
cis people
say:
"trans lives matter"
while asking
what surgery
you had
cis heteros say:
i don't understand
how it all works
in the bedroom
as they google
their tired
go to pornhub
videos
cis men say:
that's a lot
of beard bro
thanks i grew
that shit myself
arsehole
cis women say:
i wouldn't have known
any different
where as
trans people say:
there is
no fucking
difference
...
"trans lives matter"
while asking
what surgery
you had
cis heteros say:
i don't understand
how it all works
in the bedroom
as they google
their tired
go to pornhub
videos
cis men say:
that's a lot
of beard bro
thanks i grew
that shit myself
arsehole
cis women say:
i wouldn't have known
any different
where as
trans people say:
there is
no fucking
difference
...
#LGBT
#transgender
24 reads
SELF POEM
Published
20th Feb 2021 3:58pm
20th Feb 2021 3:58pm
i don't dream often
whenever it
arrives
it's like
receiving
god
watching
sunshine
reflect
untouched
water
sleeping
bare skin
beneath
tree shade
cause
no fucks
given
and
i'm away
from living
a full time
job
if given
the choice
i wouldn't
wake
up
arrives
it's like
receiving
god
watching
sunshine
reflect
untouched
water
sleeping
bare skin
beneath
tree shade
cause
no fucks
given
and
i'm away
from living
a full time
job
if given
the choice
i wouldn't
wake
up
#dreams
#confessional
29 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Feb 2021 11:38am
18th Feb 2021 11:38am
young souls
if you ever read this
be happy
let your voice
fill up
every space
you find
yourself
in
do not burn
yourself out
for anything
no men
no women
no(thing)
do not
let them
cut the air
you're
breathing
be happy
let your voice
fill up
every space
you find
yourself
in
do not burn
yourself out
for anything
no men
no women
no(thing)
do not
let them
cut the air
you're
breathing
#TruthOfLife
30 reads
5 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Feb 2021 9:34pm
17th Feb 2021 9:34pm
life is a great drag
then your
voice came
through my
phone
and i
remembered
why
saviours
have small
voices
voice came
through my
phone
and i
remembered
why
saviours
have small
voices
#minimalist
25 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Feb 2021 1:10pm
17th Feb 2021 1:10pm
those underdogs never needed fixing
if they try
spitting in
your face
on entering
a room
stay here
for a little
while
if they
lashing out
or curse
at you
search for
my face
i'll be waiting
for you
if they try
tearing you
from every
limb
reach out
your hands
i'll take
both of
them
spitting in
your face
on entering
a room
stay here
for a little
while
if they
lashing out
or curse
at you
search for
my face
i'll be waiting
for you
if they try
tearing you
from every
limb
reach out
your hands
i'll take
both of
them
#humankind
#inequality
27 reads
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Feb 2021 12:17pm
16th Feb 2021 12:17pm
do not howl
let the
voices who
understand
howl
let it
come in a
gushing
wind
on
their own
terms
voices who
understand
howl
let it
come in a
gushing
wind
on
their own
terms
#minimalist
27 reads
SELF POEM
Published
15th Feb 2021 7:21pm
15th Feb 2021 7:21pm
the price of ribs
i glance at
dead meat
sitting in cold
aisles
haunted
by thoughts
of shedding
flesh from
bones
shed
until ribs
turn into
claws
shed
until hips
become
racks
shed
until there's
nothing left
to grip
between
spindle fingers
and hollow
palms
slowly
dying infront
of eyes that
knew
dead meat
sitting in cold
aisles
haunted
by thoughts
of shedding
flesh from
bones
shed
until ribs
turn into
claws
shed
until hips
become
racks
shed
until there's
nothing left
to grip
between
spindle fingers
and hollow
palms
slowly
dying infront
of eyes that
knew
#memories
26 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
15th Feb 2021 5:55pm
15th Feb 2021 5:55pm
wash it off
life is hard
but there's rain
belting down
on us
but there's rain
belting down
on us
#rain
#minimalist
38 reads
10 Comments
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