This is a set of two poems :3 162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyTCmE6ga0
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrJotW36D8
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTauzfZQQq
she walks with the grace of moonlight162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtC2iW2k9J
and has eyes like protostars.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqfBvLfLC1
she’s not quite up to societal standards,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0PmMiQQN4
and she lives in the future, not the past.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mDDuIdlWN
i still chase after her anyways,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjFZqiJzaG
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGO8G2WVgY
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqWakbG4h2
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbTtNAwytW
she did, with her idle remarks162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3ItCBd8Yb
about how it would look better curled.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTxhz5P5Vi
(i curled it into long ringlets.)162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8H53dOZWhn
then she said it would be better short162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlt527QaXv
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dcYijhp2Q
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftnXM9gGjm
in all manners of ways.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x9pU7mhkI
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MOf9DbfGQ
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFQXcTDaoh
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCG9lNjhLC
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwXMqNXocG
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswyCpVb0ZR
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouPE1ZNdhl
she did, with her languid tongue and162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrVO0uLC9q
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJcoDq62oL
she said, running fingers down my arm,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisPEOocbnC
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgf8D7xi4b
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFJobZNlQf
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxzrljXiws
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQShykjdTM
she did in late nights spent curled together162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhCj3CNtKY
in the back of my pick up truck, poking162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4z1aP8F7yY
and prodding at my body, saying that162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWjifQlcCx
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcXmdIbfhx
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQPKimaonw
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbuCaxK6HQ
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDpedEVUYk
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4zbYShdaJ
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Kc6fXrO8G
she did with her loaded gun questions162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrySApVnnG
and sketchy answers. late night calls162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVAUVXaRQ4
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrh5StvlaY
when it was never truly my fault.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEJQ7hJWf8
she taught me to hate myself.162Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLjtJWyyDC
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
